Mariposa vs Yosemite Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Mariposa and Yosemite Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yosemite Valley has the higher population (1,848 vs 1,202 in Mariposa). Since 2019, Yosemite Valley's population has grown faster (+58.1% vs +1.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
Population	1,202	1,848
Median age	49.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,661	—
Median home value	$306,100	—
Median gross rent	$629	$2,269
Housing units	800	238
Homeownership rate	62.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
Population	1,186 → 1,202 (+1.3%)	1,169 → 1,848 (+58.1%)
Median household income	$27,454 → $52,661 (+91.8%)	$44,444 → $40,987 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$276,200 → $306,100 (+10.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$749 → $629 (-16.0%)	—

Mariposa

Population

1,1861,202

Median household income

$27,454$52,661

Median home value

$276,200$306,100

Median gross rent

$749$629

Yosemite Valley

Population

1,1691,848

Median household income

$44,444$40,987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	0.9%
18 to 24	0.9%	17.3%
25 to 34	4.9%	33.6%
35 to 44	20.7%	20.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	3.8%
75 and over	18.1%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	49.0%
Black or African American	4.1%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.5%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
Drove alone	33.1%	25.3%
Carpooled	21.3%	20.2%
Public transit	16.2%	6.5%
Walked	5.4%	26.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.3%
Worked from home	8.1%	14.0%
Other means	15.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
1-unit, detached	56.8%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	16.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	62.2%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mariposa	Yosemite Valley
Poverty rate	30.6%	18.8%
Average household size	1.76	—
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1975	1985