Ballard vs Toro Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Ballard and Toro Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Ballard and Toro Canyon are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Toro Canyon has the higher population (1,736 vs 796 in Ballard). Toro Canyon has the higher median household income ($177,879 vs $113,750 in Ballard). Toro Canyon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,589,300 in Ballard).

Population, income & housing

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
Population	796	1,736
Median age	40.3 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	$113,750	$177,879
Median home value	$1,589,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,260	$2,500
Housing units	360	1,102
Homeownership rate	61.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
Population	529 → 796 (+50.5%)	1,728 → 1,736 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$124,375 → $113,750 (-8.5%)	$141,136 → $177,879 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$914,800 → $1,589,300 (+73.7%)	$1,791,700 → $2,000,001 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $2,260 (+42.8%)	$3,167 → $2,500 (-21.1%)

Ballard

Population

529796

Median household income

$124,375$113,750

Median home value

$914,800$1,589,300

Median gross rent

$1,583$2,260

Toro Canyon

Population

1,7281,736

Median household income

$141,136$177,879

Median home value

$1,791,700$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,167$2,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
Under 5	14.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	6.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	31.9%
75 and over	5.8%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	11.1%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
Drove alone	60.3%	50.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	20.4%
Other means	11.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
1-unit, detached	83.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Ballard	Toro Canyon
Poverty rate	16.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1979	1979