Grand Terrace vs Spring Valley Lake

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

Grand Terrace 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.

Grand Terrace has the higher population (13,069 vs 10,098 in Spring Valley Lake). Spring Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($93,040 vs $83,668 in Grand Terrace). Grand Terrace has the higher median home value ($465,800 vs $439,500 in Spring Valley Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
Population	13,069	10,098
Median age	37.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,668	$93,040
Median home value	$465,800	$439,500
Median gross rent	$1,782	$2,264
Housing units	4,883	3,493
Homeownership rate	61.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
Population	12,510 → 13,069 (+4.5%)	8,403 → 10,098 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$71,788 → $83,668 (+16.5%)	$84,727 → $93,040 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$324,400 → $465,800 (+43.6%)	$281,100 → $439,500 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,782 (+26.8%)	$1,713 → $2,264 (+32.2%)

Grand Terrace

Population

12,51013,069

Median household income

$71,788$83,668

Median home value

$324,400$465,800

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,782

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)

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
Under 5	5.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.4%
75 and over	5.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	59.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
No high school diploma	13.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
Drove alone	77.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	11.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	57.4%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	13.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Terrace	Spring Valley Lake
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.83	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1976	1987