Ukiah vs Willits

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

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

Ukiah has the higher population (16,419 vs 4,945 in Willits). Ukiah has the higher median household income ($67,122 vs $55,971 in Willits). Ukiah has the higher median home value ($448,100 vs $306,800 in Willits).

Population, income & housing

	Ukiah	Willits
Population	16,419	4,945
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,122	$55,971
Median home value	$448,100	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,330	$1,152
Housing units	6,600	2,106
Homeownership rate	45.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ukiah	Willits
Population	15,943 → 16,419 (+3.0%)	4,893 → 4,945 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$49,889 → $67,122 (+34.5%)	$35,204 → $55,971 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$349,600 → $448,100 (+28.2%)	$251,700 → $306,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,330 (+10.4%)	$963 → $1,152 (+19.6%)

Ukiah

Population

15,94316,419

Median household income

$49,889$67,122

Median home value

$349,600$448,100

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,330

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)

	Ukiah	Willits
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.6%
75 and over	7.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ukiah	Willits
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	63.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	2.7%
Asian	3.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ukiah	Willits
No high school diploma	15.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	23.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ukiah	Willits
Drove alone	69.6%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	10.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ukiah	Willits
1-unit, detached	53.0%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	16.5%
20 or more units	9.9%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Ukiah	Willits
Poverty rate	16.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1972	1973