Brooktrails vs Willits

A side-by-side comparison of Brooktrails and Willits: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willits has the higher population (4,945 vs 4,394 in Brooktrails). Brooktrails has the higher median household income ($120,099 vs $55,971 in Willits). Brooktrails has the higher median home value ($382,000 vs $306,800 in Willits).

Population, income & housing

	Brooktrails	Willits
Population	4,394	4,945
Median age	36.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$120,099	$55,971
Median home value	$382,000	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,443	$1,152
Housing units	1,550	2,106
Homeownership rate	80.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooktrails	Willits
Population	3,800 → 4,394 (+15.6%)	4,893 → 4,945 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$55,032 → $120,099 (+118.2%)	$35,204 → $55,971 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$277,100 → $382,000 (+37.9%)	$251,700 → $306,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,443 (+16.7%)	$963 → $1,152 (+19.6%)

Brooktrails

Population

3,8004,394

Median household income

$55,032$120,099

Median home value

$277,100$382,000

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,443

Willits

Population

4,8934,945

Median household income

$35,204$55,971

Median home value

$251,700$306,800

Median gross rent

$963$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooktrails	Willits
Under 5	10.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	22.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	6.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.6%
75 and over	3.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooktrails	Willits
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	2.7%
Asian	4.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooktrails	Willits
No high school diploma	15.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooktrails	Willits
Drove alone	85.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooktrails	Willits
1-unit, detached	87.8%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Brooktrails	Willits
Poverty rate	3.8%	13.7%
Average household size	3.02	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1985	1973