Fort Bragg vs Willits

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

Fort Bragg and Willits 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 4,945 in Willits). Willits has the higher median household income ($55,971 vs $53,580 in Fort Bragg). Fort Bragg has the higher median home value ($481,200 vs $306,800 in Willits).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bragg	Willits
Population	7,001	4,945
Median age	50.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,580	$55,971
Median home value	$481,200	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,152
Housing units	3,503	2,106
Homeownership rate	40.9%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bragg	Willits
Population	7,302 → 7,001 (-4.1%)	4,893 → 4,945 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$44,276 → $53,580 (+21.0%)	$35,204 → $55,971 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$342,200 → $481,200 (+40.6%)	$251,700 → $306,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,264 (+16.8%)	$963 → $1,152 (+19.6%)

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

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)

	Fort Bragg	Willits
Under 5	7.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	16.6%
75 and over	10.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bragg	Willits
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	2.7%
Asian	2.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bragg	Willits
No high school diploma	19.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	21.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bragg	Willits
Drove alone	71.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	13.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bragg	Willits
1-unit, detached	66.9%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	16.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bragg	Willits
Poverty rate	15.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	12	15
Median year structure built	1963	1973