American Canyon vs Calistoga

A side-by-side comparison of American Canyon and Calistoga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

American Canyon has the higher population (21,698 vs 5,159 in Calistoga). American Canyon has the higher median household income ($123,935 vs $84,892 in Calistoga). Calistoga has the higher median home value ($702,700 vs $660,100 in American Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	American Canyon	Calistoga
Population	21,698	5,159
Median age	36.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$123,935	$84,892
Median home value	$660,100	$702,700
Median gross rent	$2,399	$1,798
Housing units	6,055	2,275
Homeownership rate	77.9%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	American Canyon	Calistoga
Population	20,261 → 21,698 (+7.1%)	5,271 → 5,159 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$101,792 → $123,935 (+21.8%)	$67,119 → $84,892 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$499,300 → $660,100 (+32.2%)	$570,100 → $702,700 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,830 → $2,399 (+31.1%)	$1,392 → $1,798 (+29.2%)

American Canyon

Population

20,26121,698

Median household income

$101,792$123,935

Median home value

$499,300$660,100

Median gross rent

$1,830$2,399

Calistoga

Population

5,2715,159

Median household income

$67,119$84,892

Median home value

$570,100$702,700

Median gross rent

$1,392$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	American Canyon	Calistoga
Under 5	5.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	19.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	13.5%
75 and over	5.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	American Canyon	Calistoga
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	52.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	32.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	44.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	American Canyon	Calistoga
No high school diploma	16.3%	24.7%
High school graduate	19.8%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	American Canyon	Calistoga
Drove alone	76.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	4.4%
Public transit	2.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.7%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	American Canyon	Calistoga
1-unit, detached	73.2%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	American Canyon	Calistoga
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.3%
Average household size	3.66	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1996	1975