Lemon Grove vs Spring Valley

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

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

Spring Valley has the higher population (32,215 vs 27,489 in Lemon Grove). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($104,808 vs $79,278 in Lemon Grove). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($645,300 vs $640,600 in Lemon Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
Population	27,489	32,215
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,278	$104,808
Median home value	$640,600	$645,300
Median gross rent	$1,769	$2,114
Housing units	9,698	10,108
Homeownership rate	53.3%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
Population	26,802 → 27,489 (+2.6%)	31,650 → 32,215 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$63,548 → $79,278 (+24.8%)	$72,178 → $104,808 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$432,000 → $640,600 (+48.3%)	$450,900 → $645,300 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,769 (+32.7%)	$1,677 → $2,114 (+26.1%)

Lemon Grove

Population

26,80227,489

Median household income

$63,548$79,278

Median home value

$432,000$640,600

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,769

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)

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.1%
75 and over	4.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	36.3%
Black or African American	14.7%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.3%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	40.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
Drove alone	73.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.7%
Public transit	2.6%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	62.9%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	11.2%
20 or more units	12.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Lemon Grove	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.89	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1967	1977