Herald vs Walnut Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Herald and Walnut Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut Grove has the higher population (970 vs 919 in Herald). Herald has the higher median household income ($91,429 vs $88,269 in Walnut Grove). Walnut Grove has the higher median home value ($657,800 vs $567,000 in Herald).

Population, income & housing

	Herald	Walnut Grove
Population	919	970
Median age	58.8 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,429	$88,269
Median home value	$567,000	$657,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,380
Housing units	359	506
Homeownership rate	97.1%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herald	Walnut Grove
Population	967 → 919 (-5.0%)	1,364 → 970 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$92,708 → $91,429 (-1.4%)	$57,600 → $88,269 (+53.2%)
Median home value	$543,100 → $567,000 (+4.4%)	$474,200 → $657,800 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$955 → $1,380 (+44.5%)

Herald

Population

967919

Median household income

$92,708$91,429

Median home value

$543,100$567,000

Walnut Grove

Population

1,364970

Median household income

$57,600$88,269

Median home value

$474,200$657,800

Median gross rent

$955$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herald	Walnut Grove
Under 5	0.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	5.8%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	19.4%
35 to 44	4.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	22.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	16.7%
75 and over	22.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herald	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	46.3%
Black or African American	20.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herald	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	19.1%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herald	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	72.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	20.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herald	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	94.4%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Herald	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	11.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1978	1946