Fallbrook vs Spring Valley

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

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

Fallbrook has the higher population (32,467 vs 32,215 in Spring Valley). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($104,808 vs $87,293 in Fallbrook). Fallbrook has the higher median home value ($713,000 vs $645,300 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
Population	32,467	32,215
Median age	34.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,293	$104,808
Median home value	$713,000	$645,300
Median gross rent	$1,675	$2,114
Housing units	10,608	10,108
Homeownership rate	59.5%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
Population	31,701 → 32,467 (+2.4%)	31,650 → 32,215 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$63,244 → $87,293 (+38.0%)	$72,178 → $104,808 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$522,700 → $713,000 (+36.4%)	$450,900 → $645,300 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,675 (+33.8%)	$1,677 → $2,114 (+26.1%)

Fallbrook

Population

31,70132,467

Median household income

$63,244$87,293

Median home value

$522,700$713,000

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,675

Spring Valley

Population

31,65032,215

Median household income

$72,178$104,808

Median home value

$450,900$645,300

Median gross rent

$1,677$2,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
Under 5	8.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.1%
75 and over	6.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	37.1%	36.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	53.5%	40.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	17.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	25.1%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
Drove alone	76.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.7%
Public transit	1.7%	1.9%
Walked	3.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.1%	9.9%
Other means	2.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	63.0%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Fallbrook	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	14.8%	12.0%
Average household size	3.22	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1980	1977