Spring Valley vs Upper Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Spring Valley and Upper Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Spring Valley and Upper Lake are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Upper Lake has the higher population (1,204 vs 775 in Spring Valley). Upper Lake has the higher median household income ($104,936 vs $43,816 in Spring Valley). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($358,900 vs $344,000 in Upper Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
Population	775	1,204
Median age	56.2 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,816	$104,936
Median home value	$358,900	$344,000
Median gross rent	$1,420	—
Housing units	404	473
Homeownership rate	79.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
Population	1,094 → 775 (-29.2%)	896 → 1,204 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$56,017 → $43,816 (-21.8%)	$47,375 → $104,936 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$259,600 → $358,900 (+38.3%)	$234,200 → $344,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,420 (+18.7%)	$708 → $595 (-16.0%)

Spring Valley

Population

1,094775

Median household income

$56,017$43,816

Median home value

$259,600$358,900

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,420

Upper Lake

Population

8961,204

Median household income

$47,375$104,936

Median home value

$234,200$344,000

Median gross rent

$708$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
Under 5	1.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	7.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	3.0%	25.4%
45 to 54	2.5%	21.5%
55 to 64	23.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	20.8%	7.1%
75 and over	9.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	71.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	18.4%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
Drove alone	79.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
1-unit, detached	82.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Spring Valley	Upper Lake
Poverty rate	19.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1997	1971