Galt vs Orangevale

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

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

Orangevale has the higher population (35,219 vs 25,665 in Galt). Orangevale has the higher median household income ($98,158 vs $86,327 in Galt). Orangevale has the higher median home value ($508,600 vs $465,700 in Galt).

Population, income & housing

	Galt	Orangevale
Population	25,665	35,219
Median age	38.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,327	$98,158
Median home value	$465,700	$508,600
Median gross rent	$1,413	$1,866
Housing units	8,551	14,108
Homeownership rate	77.4%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galt	Orangevale
Population	25,990 → 25,665 (-1.3%)	34,824 → 35,219 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$75,638 → $86,327 (+14.1%)	$81,801 → $98,158 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$331,100 → $465,700 (+40.7%)	$372,500 → $508,600 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,225 → $1,413 (+15.3%)	$1,460 → $1,866 (+27.8%)

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

Orangevale

Population

34,82435,219

Median household income

$81,801$98,158

Median home value

$372,500$508,600

Median gross rent

$1,460$1,866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galt	Orangevale
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.6%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galt	Orangevale
White (non-Hispanic)	45.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	4.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galt	Orangevale
No high school diploma	16.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galt	Orangevale
Drove alone	72.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	17.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galt	Orangevale
1-unit, detached	82.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Galt	Orangevale
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.2%
Average household size	3.11	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1994	1976