Cypress vs Fountain Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Cypress and Fountain Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain Valley has the higher population (56,358 vs 49,531 in Cypress). Cypress has the higher median household income ($124,167 vs $111,797 in Fountain Valley). Fountain Valley has the higher median home value ($1,018,600 vs $870,100 in Cypress).

Population, income & housing

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
Population	49,531	56,358
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$124,167	$111,797
Median home value	$870,100	$1,018,600
Median gross rent	$2,454	$2,507
Housing units	16,514	19,250
Homeownership rate	67.2%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
Population	48,893 → 49,531 (+1.3%)	56,026 → 56,358 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$93,137 → $124,167 (+33.3%)	$93,075 → $111,797 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $870,100 (+37.5%)	$734,800 → $1,018,600 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,890 → $2,454 (+29.8%)	$2,034 → $2,507 (+23.3%)

Cypress

Population

48,89349,531

Median household income

$93,137$124,167

Median home value

$632,900$870,100

Median gross rent

$1,890$2,454

Fountain Valley

Population

56,02656,358

Median household income

$93,075$111,797

Median home value

$734,800$1,018,600

Median gross rent

$2,034$2,507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.0%
75 and over	5.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	38.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	37.2%	36.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	14.7%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
Drove alone	70.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.5%	14.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
1-unit, detached	60.8%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	7.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cypress	Fountain Valley
Poverty rate	6.8%	7.3%
Average household size	3.08	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1971	1973