Apple Valley vs Upland

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Valley and Upland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upland has the higher population (78,940 vs 75,478 in Apple Valley). Upland has the higher median household income ($101,407 vs $65,926 in Apple Valley). Upland has the higher median home value ($688,800 vs $377,300 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Upland
Population	75,478	78,940
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,926	$101,407
Median home value	$377,300	$688,800
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,976
Housing units	25,748	28,180
Homeownership rate	69.3%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Upland
Population	72,726 → 75,478 (+3.8%)	76,596 → 78,940 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$54,527 → $65,926 (+20.9%)	$72,782 → $101,407 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$255,000 → $377,300 (+48.0%)	$525,700 → $688,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,373 (+29.5%)	$1,454 → $1,976 (+35.9%)

Apple Valley

Population

72,72675,478

Median household income

$54,527$65,926

Median home value

$255,000$377,300

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,373

Upland

Population

76,59678,940

Median household income

$72,782$101,407

Median home value

$525,700$688,800

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Upland
Under 5	7.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	35.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	3.3%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	39.3%	43.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Upland
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Upland
Drove alone	76.3%	71.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.3%
Other means	1.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Upland
1-unit, detached	77.6%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Upland
Poverty rate	17.2%	9.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	41	31
Median year structure built	1987	1978