El Sobrante vs Woodcrest

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

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

Woodcrest has the higher population (17,111 vs 13,206 in El Sobrante). El Sobrante has the higher median household income ($160,331 vs $139,659 in Woodcrest). El Sobrante has the higher median home value ($749,300 vs $679,400 in Woodcrest).

Population, income & housing

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
Population	13,206	17,111
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$160,331	$139,659
Median home value	$749,300	$679,400
Median gross rent	$2,954	$2,875
Housing units	4,055	4,991
Homeownership rate	89.1%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
Population	13,881 → 13,206 (-4.9%)	17,859 → 17,111 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$120,049 → $160,331 (+33.6%)	$102,625 → $139,659 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$549,600 → $749,300 (+36.3%)	$487,100 → $679,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,266 → $2,954 (+30.4%)	$1,730 → $2,875 (+66.2%)

El Sobrante

Population

13,88113,206

Median household income

$120,049$160,331

Median home value

$549,600$749,300

Median gross rent

$2,266$2,954

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)

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
Under 5	4.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.7%
75 and over	2.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	39.0%
Black or African American	3.4%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	16.9%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	39.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	17.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
Drove alone	74.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	14.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
1-unit, detached	97.6%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	El Sobrante	Woodcrest
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.1%
Average household size	3.42	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	40	35
Median year structure built	2002	1984