Calpella vs Potter Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Calpella and Potter Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Potter Valley has the higher population (611 vs 555 in Calpella). Calpella has the higher median household income ($103,056 vs $79,844 in Potter Valley). Calpella has the higher median home value ($484,000 vs $474,300 in Potter Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Calpella	Potter Valley
Population	555	611
Median age	48.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,056	$79,844
Median home value	$484,000	$474,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,652
Housing units	234	222
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calpella	Potter Valley
Population	682 → 555 (-18.6%)	498 → 611 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$83,542 → $103,056 (+23.4%)	$74,236 → $79,844 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$475,000 → $484,000 (+1.9%)	$442,000 → $474,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $995 (-10.3%)	$1,494 → $1,652 (+10.6%)

Calpella

Population

682555

Median household income

$83,542$103,056

Median home value

$475,000$484,000

Median gross rent

$1,109$995

Potter Valley

Population

498611

Median household income

$74,236$79,844

Median home value

$442,000$474,300

Median gross rent

$1,494$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calpella	Potter Valley
Under 5	2.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	23.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	31.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.3%
75 and over	7.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calpella	Potter Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	52.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.8%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calpella	Potter Valley
No high school diploma	12.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	19.4%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calpella	Potter Valley
Drove alone	81.3%	80.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calpella	Potter Valley
1-unit, detached	97.0%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Calpella	Potter Valley
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	51	32
Median year structure built	1959	1982