Fountain Valley vs Yorba Linda

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

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

Yorba Linda has the higher population (67,407 vs 56,358 in Fountain Valley). Yorba Linda has the higher median household income ($152,060 vs $111,797 in Fountain Valley). Yorba Linda has the higher median home value ($1,091,700 vs $1,018,600 in Fountain Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
Population	56,358	67,407
Median age	43.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,797	$152,060
Median home value	$1,018,600	$1,091,700
Median gross rent	$2,507	$2,779
Housing units	19,250	24,063
Homeownership rate	66.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
Population	56,026 → 56,358 (+0.6%)	67,725 → 67,407 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$93,075 → $111,797 (+20.1%)	$129,995 → $152,060 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$734,800 → $1,018,600 (+38.6%)	$858,300 → $1,091,700 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,034 → $2,507 (+23.3%)	$2,079 → $2,779 (+33.7%)

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

Yorba Linda

Population

67,72567,407

Median household income

$129,995$152,060

Median home value

$858,300$1,091,700

Median gross rent

$2,079$2,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.6%
75 and over	9.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	51.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	36.5%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	18.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
Drove alone	74.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.6%	19.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
1-unit, detached	67.5%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	8.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Valley	Yorba Linda
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.96	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1973	1984