Fort Irwin vs Spring Valley Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Irwin and Spring Valley Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spring Valley Lake has the higher population (10,098 vs 8,791 in Fort Irwin). Spring Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($93,040 vs $66,964 in Fort Irwin). Since 2019, Spring Valley Lake's population has grown faster (+20.2% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
Population	8,791	10,098
Median age	23.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$93,040
Median home value	—	$439,500
Median gross rent	$1,601	$2,264
Housing units	3,100	3,493
Homeownership rate	1.4%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
Population	9,872 → 8,791 (-11.0%)	8,403 → 10,098 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$54,787 → $66,964 (+22.2%)	$84,727 → $93,040 (+9.8%)
Median home value	—	$281,100 → $439,500 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,369 → $1,601 (+16.9%)	$1,713 → $2,264 (+32.2%)

Fort Irwin

Population

9,8728,791

Median household income

$54,787$66,964

Median gross rent

$1,369$1,601

Spring Valley Lake

Population

8,40310,098

Median household income

$84,727$93,040

Median home value

$281,100$439,500

Median gross rent

$1,713$2,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
Under 5	12.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	27.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	31.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	4.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.4%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	59.0%
Black or African American	10.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.0%
Asian	2.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.0%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	18.0%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
Drove alone	65.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	15.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	12.5%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	41.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Irwin	Spring Valley Lake
Poverty rate	11.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.62	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	9	35
Median year structure built	1993	1987