Valinda vs Willowbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Valinda and Willowbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willowbrook has the higher population (21,642 vs 21,626 in Valinda). Valinda has the higher median household income ($99,979 vs $60,386 in Willowbrook). Valinda has the higher median home value ($613,200 vs $511,100 in Willowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Valinda	Willowbrook
Population	21,626	21,642
Median age	38.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,979	$60,386
Median home value	$613,200	$511,100
Median gross rent	$2,051	$1,549
Housing units	4,909	6,107
Homeownership rate	76.6%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valinda	Willowbrook
Population	23,705 → 21,626 (-8.8%)	22,811 → 21,642 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$84,134 → $99,979 (+18.8%)	$43,781 → $60,386 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$447,100 → $613,200 (+37.2%)	$340,200 → $511,100 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,517 → $2,051 (+35.2%)	$1,239 → $1,549 (+25.0%)

Valinda

Population

23,70521,626

Median household income

$84,134$99,979

Median home value

$447,100$613,200

Median gross rent

$1,517$2,051

Willowbrook

Population

22,81121,642

Median household income

$43,781$60,386

Median home value

$340,200$511,100

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valinda	Willowbrook
Under 5	2.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.5%
75 and over	5.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valinda	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	1.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	16.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	78.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valinda	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	29.5%	39.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valinda	Willowbrook
Drove alone	77.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	14.0%
Public transit	2.0%	3.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.6%	8.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valinda	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	90.6%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	12.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Valinda	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	8.8%	17.0%
Average household size	4.54	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1957	1969