Blythe vs Valle Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Blythe and Valle Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valle Vista has the higher population (19,263 vs 17,824 in Blythe). Valle Vista has the higher median household income ($61,799 vs $51,984 in Blythe). Valle Vista has the higher median home value ($315,400 vs $203,800 in Blythe).

Population, income & housing

	Blythe	Valle Vista
Population	17,824	19,263
Median age	36.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,984	$61,799
Median home value	$203,800	$315,400
Median gross rent	$900	$1,666
Housing units	5,144	6,918
Homeownership rate	59.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythe	Valle Vista
Population	19,643 → 17,824 (-9.3%)	17,663 → 19,263 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$45,385 → $51,984 (+14.5%)	$53,327 → $61,799 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $203,800 (+35.9%)	$184,600 → $315,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	$1,173 → $1,666 (+42.0%)

Blythe

Population

19,64317,824

Median household income

$45,385$51,984

Median home value

$150,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$769$900

Valle Vista

Population

17,66319,263

Median household income

$53,327$61,799

Median home value

$184,600$315,400

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythe	Valle Vista
Under 5	5.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	19.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.6%
75 and over	4.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythe	Valle Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	42.0%
Black or African American	11.2%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	58.6%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythe	Valle Vista
No high school diploma	30.3%	21.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythe	Valle Vista
Drove alone	77.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	14.7%	13.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.8%	9.6%
Other means	1.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythe	Valle Vista
1-unit, detached	61.4%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Blythe	Valle Vista
Poverty rate	19.5%	18.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	38
Median year structure built	1979	1982