Janesville vs Susanville

A side-by-side comparison of Janesville and Susanville: population, income, housing, and more.

Janesville and Susanville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Susanville has the higher population (14,992 vs 2,447 in Janesville). Janesville has the higher median household income ($70,938 vs $57,607 in Susanville). Janesville has the higher median home value ($289,400 vs $234,000 in Susanville).

Population, income & housing

	Janesville	Susanville
Population	2,447	14,992
Median age	52.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,938	$57,607
Median home value	$289,400	$234,000
Median gross rent	$1,365	$905
Housing units	1,198	4,349
Homeownership rate	74.1%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Janesville	Susanville
Population	1,409 → 2,447 (+73.7%)	15,064 → 14,992 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$71,346 → $70,938 (-0.6%)	$52,488 → $57,607 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$286,500 → $289,400 (+1.0%)	$183,700 → $234,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,254 → $1,365 (+8.9%)	$971 → $905 (-6.8%)

Janesville

Population

1,4092,447

Median household income

$71,346$70,938

Median home value

$286,500$289,400

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,365

Susanville

Population

15,06414,992

Median household income

$52,488$57,607

Median home value

$183,700$234,000

Median gross rent

$971$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Janesville	Susanville
Under 5	2.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	10.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	24.5%
35 to 44	7.3%	18.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	22.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.3%
75 and over	12.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Janesville	Susanville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	51.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	29.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Janesville	Susanville
No high school diploma	14.0%	28.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Janesville	Susanville
Drove alone	81.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Janesville	Susanville
1-unit, detached	67.4%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Janesville	Susanville
Poverty rate	6.7%	16.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1985	1974