Pine Valley vs Rainbow

A side-by-side comparison of Pine Valley and Rainbow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rainbow has the higher population (1,793 vs 1,646 in Pine Valley). Pine Valley has the higher median household income ($124,722 vs $85,368 in Rainbow). Rainbow has the higher median home value ($699,500 vs $582,900 in Pine Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
Population	1,646	1,793
Median age	43.2 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,722	$85,368
Median home value	$582,900	$699,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,097
Housing units	780	651
Homeownership rate	92.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
Population	1,477 → 1,646 (+11.4%)	2,360 → 1,793 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$108,721 → $124,722 (+14.7%)	$64,637 → $85,368 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$459,700 → $582,900 (+26.8%)	$470,100 → $699,500 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,732 → $1,944 (+12.2%)	$1,060 → $2,097 (+97.8%)

Pine Valley

Population

1,4771,646

Median household income

$108,721$124,722

Median home value

$459,700$582,900

Median gross rent

$1,732$1,944

Rainbow

Population

2,3601,793

Median household income

$64,637$85,368

Median home value

$470,100$699,500

Median gross rent

$1,060$2,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
Under 5	1.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	17.6%	15.4%
75 and over	6.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	52.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
No high school diploma	4.9%	16.7%
High school graduate	19.5%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
Drove alone	77.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
1-unit, detached	96.3%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Pine Valley	Rainbow
Poverty rate	1.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1977	1976