Foothill Farms vs Galt

A side-by-side comparison of Foothill Farms and Galt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foothill Farms has the higher population (37,332 vs 25,665 in Galt). Galt has the higher median household income ($86,327 vs $68,042 in Foothill Farms). Galt has the higher median home value ($465,700 vs $368,500 in Foothill Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Foothill Farms	Galt
Population	37,332	25,665
Median age	33.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,042	$86,327
Median home value	$368,500	$465,700
Median gross rent	$1,560	$1,413
Housing units	12,856	8,551
Homeownership rate	51.3%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foothill Farms	Galt
Population	35,881 → 37,332 (+4.0%)	25,990 → 25,665 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$54,426 → $68,042 (+25.0%)	$75,638 → $86,327 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$252,900 → $368,500 (+45.7%)	$331,100 → $465,700 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,560 (+28.1%)	$1,225 → $1,413 (+15.3%)

Foothill Farms

Population

35,88137,332

Median household income

$54,426$68,042

Median home value

$252,900$368,500

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,560

Galt

Population

25,99025,665

Median household income

$75,638$86,327

Median home value

$331,100$465,700

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foothill Farms	Galt
Under 5	8.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.4%
75 and over	4.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foothill Farms	Galt
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	45.3%
Black or African American	11.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	11.6%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foothill Farms	Galt
No high school diploma	11.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foothill Farms	Galt
Drove alone	75.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.4%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	10.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foothill Farms	Galt
1-unit, detached	56.8%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	6.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Foothill Farms	Galt
Poverty rate	16.7%	7.3%
Average household size	2.98	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1977	1994