Granite Bay vs Meadow Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Granite Bay and Meadow Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

Granite Bay and Meadow Vista are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Granite Bay has the higher population (21,378 vs 3,343 in Meadow Vista). Granite Bay has the higher median household income ($190,000 vs $95,998 in Meadow Vista). Granite Bay has the higher median home value ($1,094,100 vs $609,700 in Meadow Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
Population	21,378	3,343
Median age	48.1 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$190,000	$95,998
Median home value	$1,094,100	$609,700
Median gross rent	$2,609	$1,496
Housing units	7,837	1,416
Homeownership rate	90.3%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
Population	23,183 → 21,378 (-7.8%)	3,679 → 3,343 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$143,401 → $190,000 (+32.5%)	$92,411 → $95,998 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$794,000 → $1,094,100 (+37.8%)	$503,400 → $609,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,014 → $2,609 (+29.5%)	$1,750 → $1,496 (-14.5%)

Granite Bay

Population

23,18321,378

Median household income

$143,401$190,000

Median home value

$794,000$1,094,100

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,609

Meadow Vista

Population

3,6793,343

Median household income

$92,411$95,998

Median home value

$503,400$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
Under 5	4.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	4.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	20.4%
75 and over	8.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	79.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	10.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	11.8%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
Drove alone	68.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	18.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
1-unit, detached	91.5%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Granite Bay	Meadow Vista
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.84	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1987	1978