Norco vs Valle Vista

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

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

Norco has the higher population (25,211 vs 19,263 in Valle Vista). Norco has the higher median household income ($125,117 vs $61,799 in Valle Vista). Norco has the higher median home value ($731,900 vs $315,400 in Valle Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Norco	Valle Vista
Population	25,211	19,263
Median age	41.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,117	$61,799
Median home value	$731,900	$315,400
Median gross rent	$1,893	$1,666
Housing units	7,046	6,918
Homeownership rate	81.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norco	Valle Vista
Population	26,670 → 25,211 (-5.5%)	17,663 → 19,263 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$102,817 → $125,117 (+21.7%)	$53,327 → $61,799 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$544,900 → $731,900 (+34.3%)	$184,600 → $315,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,892 → $1,893 (+0.1%)	$1,173 → $1,666 (+42.0%)

Norco

Population

26,67025,211

Median household income

$102,817$125,117

Median home value

$544,900$731,900

Median gross rent

$1,892$1,893

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)

	Norco	Valle Vista
Under 5	4.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.6%
75 and over	6.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norco	Valle Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	42.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	3.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	40.3%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norco	Valle Vista
No high school diploma	14.3%	21.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norco	Valle Vista
Drove alone	74.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.6%
Other means	1.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norco	Valle Vista
1-unit, detached	94.6%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Norco	Valle Vista
Poverty rate	5.7%	18.3%
Average household size	3.32	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1974	1982