Calistoga vs St. Helena

A side-by-side comparison of Calistoga and St. Helena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Helena has the higher population (5,378 vs 5,159 in Calistoga). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($158,218 vs $84,892 in Calistoga). St. Helena has the higher median home value ($1,964,300 vs $702,700 in Calistoga).

Population, income & housing

	Calistoga	St. Helena
Population	5,159	5,378
Median age	48.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,892	$158,218
Median home value	$702,700	$1,964,300
Median gross rent	$1,798	$2,391
Housing units	2,275	2,747
Homeownership rate	59.7%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calistoga	St. Helena
Population	5,271 → 5,159 (-2.1%)	6,101 → 5,378 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$67,119 → $84,892 (+26.5%)	$90,031 → $158,218 (+75.7%)
Median home value	$570,100 → $702,700 (+23.3%)	$1,112,100 → $1,964,300 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,392 → $1,798 (+29.2%)	$1,664 → $2,391 (+43.7%)

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

St. Helena

Population

6,1015,378

Median household income

$90,031$158,218

Median home value

$1,112,100$1,964,300

Median gross rent

$1,664$2,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calistoga	St. Helena
Under 5	4.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	15.3%
75 and over	11.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calistoga	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	52.5%	69.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	44.9%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calistoga	St. Helena
No high school diploma	24.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	16.0%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calistoga	St. Helena
Drove alone	77.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.0%
Public transit	2.0%	1.6%
Walked	7.0%	10.9%
Bicycle	2.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	18.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calistoga	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	51.3%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	13.8%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Calistoga	St. Helena
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1975	1974