Covelo vs Willits

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

Covelo 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 1,495 in Covelo). Willits has the higher median household income ($55,971 vs $35,735 in Covelo). Covelo has the higher median home value ($322,600 vs $306,800 in Willits).

Population, income & housing

	Covelo	Willits
Population	1,495	4,945
Median age	32.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,735	$55,971
Median home value	$322,600	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,110	$1,152
Housing units	620	2,106
Homeownership rate	59.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	26.1%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covelo	Willits
Population	1,140 → 1,495 (+31.1%)	4,893 → 4,945 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $35,735 (-3.8%)	$35,204 → $55,971 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$238,300 → $322,600 (+35.4%)	$251,700 → $306,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,110 (-5.2%)	$963 → $1,152 (+19.6%)

Covelo

Population

1,1401,495

Median household income

$37,143$35,735

Median home value

$238,300$322,600

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,110

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)

	Covelo	Willits
Under 5	13.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	5.4%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.6%
75 and over	7.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covelo	Willits
White (non-Hispanic)	32.4%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.5%	2.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	10.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	39.2%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covelo	Willits
No high school diploma	24.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	24.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covelo	Willits
Drove alone	61.4%	66.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covelo	Willits
1-unit, detached	76.8%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Covelo	Willits
Poverty rate	46.0%	13.7%
Average household size	3.02	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1977	1973