Blythe vs Woodcrest

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

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

Blythe has the higher population (17,824 vs 17,111 in Woodcrest). Woodcrest has the higher median household income ($139,659 vs $51,984 in Blythe). Woodcrest has the higher median home value ($679,400 vs $203,800 in Blythe).

Population, income & housing

	Blythe	Woodcrest
Population	17,824	17,111
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,984	$139,659
Median home value	$203,800	$679,400
Median gross rent	$900	$2,875
Housing units	5,144	4,991
Homeownership rate	59.7%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythe	Woodcrest
Population	19,643 → 17,824 (-9.3%)	17,859 → 17,111 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$45,385 → $51,984 (+14.5%)	$102,625 → $139,659 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $203,800 (+35.9%)	$487,100 → $679,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $900 (+17.0%)	$1,730 → $2,875 (+66.2%)

Blythe

Population

19,64317,824

Median household income

$45,385$51,984

Median home value

$150,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$769$900

Woodcrest

Population

17,85917,111

Median household income

$102,625$139,659

Median home value

$487,100$679,400

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blythe	Woodcrest
Under 5	5.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	19.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.7%
75 and over	4.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythe	Woodcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	39.0%
Black or African American	11.2%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	58.6%	39.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythe	Woodcrest
No high school diploma	30.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	26.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythe	Woodcrest
Drove alone	77.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	6.6%
Public transit	1.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	14.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythe	Woodcrest
1-unit, detached	61.4%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Blythe	Woodcrest
Poverty rate	19.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.78	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	17	35
Median year structure built	1979	1984