Fountain Valley vs Placentia

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

Fountain Valley and Placentia 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 52,384 in Placentia). Fountain Valley has the higher median household income ($111,797 vs $110,575 in Placentia). Fountain Valley has the higher median home value ($1,018,600 vs $871,000 in Placentia).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
Population	56,358	52,384
Median age	43.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,797	$110,575
Median home value	$1,018,600	$871,000
Median gross rent	$2,507	$2,267
Housing units	19,250	17,545
Homeownership rate	66.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
Population	56,026 → 56,358 (+0.6%)	51,818 → 52,384 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$93,075 → $111,797 (+20.1%)	$95,757 → $110,575 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$734,800 → $1,018,600 (+38.6%)	$630,500 → $871,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,034 → $2,507 (+23.3%)	$1,792 → $2,267 (+26.5%)

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

Placentia

Population

51,81852,384

Median household income

$95,757$110,575

Median home value

$630,500$871,000

Median gross rent

$1,792$2,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.4%
75 and over	9.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	38.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	36.5%	18.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	18.0%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
Drove alone	74.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.6%	13.9%
Other means	1.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
1-unit, detached	67.5%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Valley	Placentia
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.96	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1973	1976