French Valley vs Wildomar

A side-by-side comparison of French Valley and Wildomar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

French Valley has the higher population (42,550 vs 36,953 in Wildomar). French Valley has the higher median household income ($132,605 vs $95,677 in Wildomar). French Valley has the higher median home value ($637,800 vs $511,900 in Wildomar).

Population, income & housing

	French Valley	Wildomar
Population	42,550	36,953
Median age	33.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$132,605	$95,677
Median home value	$637,800	$511,900
Median gross rent	$3,016	$1,910
Housing units	11,539	11,112
Homeownership rate	84.5%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	French Valley	Wildomar
Population	36,126 → 42,550 (+17.8%)	36,445 → 36,953 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$111,052 → $132,605 (+19.4%)	$74,991 → $95,677 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$430,400 → $637,800 (+48.2%)	$356,700 → $511,900 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,114 → $3,016 (+42.7%)	$1,548 → $1,910 (+23.4%)

French Valley

Population

36,12642,550

Median household income

$111,052$132,605

Median home value

$430,400$637,800

Median gross rent

$2,114$3,016

Wildomar

Population

36,44536,953

Median household income

$74,991$95,677

Median home value

$356,700$511,900

Median gross rent

$1,548$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	French Valley	Wildomar
Under 5	6.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	25.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.0%
75 and over	3.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	French Valley	Wildomar
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	41.5%
Black or African American	8.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	13.3%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.6%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	French Valley	Wildomar
No high school diploma	6.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	20.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	French Valley	Wildomar
Drove alone	71.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	11.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	French Valley	Wildomar
1-unit, detached	92.3%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	French Valley	Wildomar
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.3%
Average household size	3.75	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	41	38
Median year structure built	2009	1994