Hood vs Walnut Grove

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

Hood 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 286 in Hood). Since 2019, Hood's population has grown faster (-8.6% vs -28.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Hood	Walnut Grove
Population	286	970
Median age	21.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,269
Median home value	—	$657,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,380
Housing units	67	506
Homeownership rate	92.5%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hood	Walnut Grove
Population	313 → 286 (-8.6%)	1,364 → 970 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$58,869 → $58,571 (-0.5%)	$57,600 → $88,269 (+53.2%)
Median home value	—	$474,200 → $657,800 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,565 → $2,038 (+30.2%)	$955 → $1,380 (+44.5%)

Hood

Population

313286

Median household income

$58,869$58,571

Median gross rent

$1,565$2,038

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)

	Hood	Walnut Grove
Under 5	16.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	3.8%	20.0%
18 to 24	33.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	37.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	5.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.7%
75 and over	3.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hood	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	46.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	80.4%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hood	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	52.6%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hood	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	62.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	26.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hood	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	40.3%	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	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hood	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	14.7%	13.7%
Average household size	4.27	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1955	1946