American Canyon vs Napa

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

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

Napa has the higher population (78,816 vs 21,698 in American Canyon). American Canyon has the higher median household income ($123,935 vs $102,231 in Napa). Napa has the higher median home value ($824,500 vs $660,100 in American Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	American Canyon	Napa
Population	21,698	78,816
Median age	36.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$123,935	$102,231
Median home value	$660,100	$824,500
Median gross rent	$2,399	$2,165
Housing units	6,055	32,094
Homeownership rate	77.9%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	American Canyon	Napa
Population	20,261 → 21,698 (+7.1%)	79,074 → 78,816 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$101,792 → $123,935 (+21.8%)	$84,043 → $102,231 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$499,300 → $660,100 (+32.2%)	$616,700 → $824,500 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,830 → $2,399 (+31.1%)	$1,700 → $2,165 (+27.4%)

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

Napa

Population

79,07478,816

Median household income

$84,043$102,231

Median home value

$616,700$824,500

Median gross rent

$1,700$2,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	American Canyon	Napa
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.3%
75 and over	5.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	American Canyon	Napa
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	51.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	32.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	41.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	American Canyon	Napa
No high school diploma	16.3%	15.8%
High school graduate	19.8%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	American Canyon	Napa
Drove alone	76.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.5%	12.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	American Canyon	Napa
1-unit, detached	73.2%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	American Canyon	Napa
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.7%
Average household size	3.66	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1996	1975