Fort Bragg vs Redwood Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Bragg and Redwood Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Bragg has the higher population (7,001 vs 2,117 in Redwood Valley). Fort Bragg has the higher median household income ($53,580 vs $53,163 in Redwood Valley). Redwood Valley has the higher median home value ($549,100 vs $481,200 in Fort Bragg).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
Population	7,001	2,117
Median age	50.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,580	$53,163
Median home value	$481,200	$549,100
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,368
Housing units	3,503	748
Homeownership rate	40.9%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
Population	7,302 → 7,001 (-4.1%)	1,713 → 2,117 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$44,276 → $53,580 (+21.0%)	$67,188 → $53,163 (-20.9%)
Median home value	$342,200 → $481,200 (+40.6%)	$335,900 → $549,100 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,264 (+16.8%)	$1,348 → $1,368 (+1.5%)

Fort Bragg

Population

7,3027,001

Median household income

$44,276$53,580

Median home value

$342,200$481,200

Median gross rent

$1,082$1,264

Redwood Valley

Population

1,7132,117

Median household income

$67,188$53,163

Median home value

$335,900$549,100

Median gross rent

$1,348$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
Under 5	7.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	23.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	21.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	5.3%
65 to 74	15.8%	8.5%
75 and over	10.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	61.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
No high school diploma	19.2%	29.2%
High school graduate	21.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
Drove alone	71.5%	89.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
1-unit, detached	66.9%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bragg	Redwood Valley
Poverty rate	15.0%	26.1%
Average household size	2.30	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	12	61
Median year structure built	1963	1981