Muscoy vs Spring Valley Lake

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

Muscoy 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.

Muscoy has the higher population (11,402 vs 10,098 in Spring Valley Lake). Spring Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($93,040 vs $57,726 in Muscoy). Spring Valley Lake has the higher median home value ($439,500 vs $379,200 in Muscoy).

Population, income & housing

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
Population	11,402	10,098
Median age	31.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,726	$93,040
Median home value	$379,200	$439,500
Median gross rent	$1,766	$2,264
Housing units	2,615	3,493
Homeownership rate	51.9%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
Population	12,562 → 11,402 (-9.2%)	8,403 → 10,098 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$46,969 → $57,726 (+22.9%)	$84,727 → $93,040 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $379,200 (+50.8%)	$281,100 → $439,500 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,766 (+32.3%)	$1,713 → $2,264 (+32.2%)

Muscoy

Population

12,56211,402

Median household income

$46,969$57,726

Median home value

$251,400$379,200

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,766

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)

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
Under 5	5.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.4%
75 and over	3.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	59.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	89.5%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
No high school diploma	47.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	30.1%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
Drove alone	79.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.1%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	11.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	82.3%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muscoy	Spring Valley Lake
Poverty rate	19.1%	6.4%
Average household size	4.38	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1958	1987