Penn Valley vs Soda Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Penn Valley and Soda Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Penn Valley and Soda Springs are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Penn Valley has the higher population (1,197 vs 174 in Soda Springs). Soda Springs has the higher median home value ($1,058,300 vs $530,100 in Penn Valley). Since 2019, Soda Springs's population has grown faster (+278.3% vs -10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
Population	1,197	174
Median age	52.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,966	—
Median home value	$530,100	$1,058,300
Median gross rent	$1,608	—
Housing units	650	184
Homeownership rate	63.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	84.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
Population	1,341 → 1,197 (-10.7%)	46 → 174 (+278.3%)
Median household income	$42,904 → $62,966 (+46.8%)	—
Median home value	$315,200 → $530,100 (+68.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,608 (+25.7%)	—

Penn Valley

Population

1,3411,197

Median household income

$42,904$62,966

Median home value

$315,200$530,100

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,608

Soda Springs

Population

46174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
Under 5	3.3%	12.1%
5 to 17	7.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.3%	28.2%
45 to 54	3.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	21.8%	19.5%
75 and over	13.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	25.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
No high school diploma	6.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	21.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	54.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	67.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
Drove alone	87.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
1-unit, detached	58.6%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penn Valley	Soda Springs
Poverty rate	11.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.20	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	57	—
Median year structure built	1977	1969