Redwood Valley vs Willits

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

Redwood Valley 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 2,117 in Redwood Valley). Willits has the higher median household income ($55,971 vs $53,163 in Redwood Valley). Redwood Valley has the higher median home value ($549,100 vs $306,800 in Willits).

Population, income & housing

	Redwood Valley	Willits
Population	2,117	4,945
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,163	$55,971
Median home value	$549,100	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,368	$1,152
Housing units	748	2,106
Homeownership rate	55.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Redwood Valley	Willits
Population	1,713 → 2,117 (+23.6%)	4,893 → 4,945 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $53,163 (-20.9%)	$35,204 → $55,971 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$335,900 → $549,100 (+63.5%)	$251,700 → $306,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,348 → $1,368 (+1.5%)	$963 → $1,152 (+19.6%)

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

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)

	Redwood Valley	Willits
Under 5	3.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	23.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	21.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	5.3%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.6%
75 and over	8.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Redwood Valley	Willits
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Redwood Valley	Willits
No high school diploma	29.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	24.0%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Redwood Valley	Willits
Drove alone	89.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Redwood Valley	Willits
1-unit, detached	82.1%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Redwood Valley	Willits
Poverty rate	26.1%	13.7%
Average household size	3.20	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	61	15
Median year structure built	1981	1973