Los Ranchos vs Woodlands

A side-by-side comparison of Los Ranchos and Woodlands: population, income, housing, and more.

Los Ranchos and Woodlands are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodlands has the higher population (2,005 vs 1,521 in Los Ranchos). Woodlands has the higher median household income ($160,694 vs $146,667 in Los Ranchos). Los Ranchos has the higher median home value ($1,231,000 vs $1,070,000 in Woodlands).

Population, income & housing

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
Population	1,521	2,005
Median age	53.2 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$146,667	$160,694
Median home value	$1,231,000	$1,070,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,875
Housing units	655	1,192
Homeownership rate	93.8%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.7%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
Population	1,639 → 1,521 (-7.2%)	2,028 → 2,005 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$180,875 → $146,667 (-18.9%)	$134,054 → $160,694 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$992,100 → $1,231,000 (+24.1%)	$786,700 → $1,070,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,246 → $2,875 (-11.4%)

Los Ranchos

Population

1,6391,521

Median household income

$180,875$146,667

Median home value

$992,100$1,231,000

Woodlands

Population

2,0282,005

Median household income

$134,054$160,694

Median home value

$786,700$1,070,000

Median gross rent

$3,246$2,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	3.5%	0.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	1.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	50.3%
75 and over	17.3%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	4.0%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
Drove alone	83.1%	55.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	40.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
1-unit, detached	90.2%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Ranchos	Woodlands
Poverty rate	0.4%	0.8%
Average household size	2.41	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	40
Median year structure built	1982	2012