Bonita vs Valley Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bonita and Valley Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonita has the higher population (13,336 vs 10,303 in Valley Center). Bonita has the higher median household income ($117,750 vs $116,620 in Valley Center). Bonita has the higher median home value ($902,200 vs $809,300 in Valley Center).

Population, income & housing

	Bonita	Valley Center
Population	13,336	10,303
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$117,750	$116,620
Median home value	$902,200	$809,300
Median gross rent	$2,234	$1,163
Housing units	4,798	3,450
Homeownership rate	79.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonita	Valley Center
Population	12,706 → 13,336 (+5.0%)	11,077 → 10,303 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$99,427 → $117,750 (+18.4%)	$101,331 → $116,620 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$662,400 → $902,200 (+36.2%)	$614,800 → $809,300 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,234 (+18.7%)	$1,184 → $1,163 (-1.8%)

Bonita

Population

12,70613,336

Median household income

$99,427$117,750

Median home value

$662,400$902,200

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,234

Valley Center

Population

11,07710,303

Median household income

$101,331$116,620

Median home value

$614,800$809,300

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonita	Valley Center
Under 5	5.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.6%
75 and over	11.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonita	Valley Center
White (non-Hispanic)	33.9%	45.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	12.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	49.0%	43.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonita	Valley Center
No high school diploma	8.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	19.1%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonita	Valley Center
Drove alone	78.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	15.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonita	Valley Center
1-unit, detached	82.8%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Bonita	Valley Center
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.83	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1975	1983