Penn Valley vs Washington

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

Penn Valley and Washington 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 124 in Washington). Since 2019, Washington's population has grown faster (+121.4% vs -10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Valley	Washington
Population	1,197	124
Median age	52.7 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,966	—
Median home value	$530,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,608	$1,328
Housing units	650	66
Homeownership rate	63.9%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Valley	Washington
Population	1,341 → 1,197 (-10.7%)	56 → 124 (+121.4%)
Median household income	$42,904 → $62,966 (+46.8%)	$60,714 → $62,500 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$315,200 → $530,100 (+68.2%)	$138,400 → $275,000 (+98.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,608 (+25.7%)	$1,175 → $1,328 (+13.0%)

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

Washington

Population

56124

Median household income

$60,714$62,500

Median home value

$138,400$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penn Valley	Washington
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	19.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.3%	2.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	54.8%
65 to 74	21.8%	25.0%
75 and over	13.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Valley	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
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	Washington
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.2%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	54.2%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Valley	Washington
Drove alone	87.5%	22.4%
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%	77.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Valley	Washington
1-unit, detached	58.6%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	24.2%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Penn Valley	Washington
Poverty rate	11.9%	24.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	57	—
Median year structure built	1977	1938