Aptos vs Boulder Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Aptos and Boulder Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Aptos and Boulder Creek are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aptos has the higher population (6,124 vs 5,353 in Boulder Creek). Aptos has the higher median household income ($135,349 vs $106,842 in Boulder Creek). Aptos has the higher median home value ($1,098,200 vs $785,200 in Boulder Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
Population	6,124	5,353
Median age	49.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$135,349	$106,842
Median home value	$1,098,200	$785,200
Median gross rent	$1,826	$1,844
Housing units	2,734	2,412
Homeownership rate	70.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
Population	6,387 → 6,124 (-4.1%)	5,182 → 5,353 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$112,308 → $135,349 (+20.5%)	$97,433 → $106,842 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$828,400 → $1,098,200 (+32.6%)	$578,000 → $785,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,884 → $1,826 (-3.1%)	$1,389 → $1,844 (+32.8%)

Aptos

Population

6,3876,124

Median household income

$112,308$135,349

Median home value

$828,400$1,098,200

Median gross rent

$1,884$1,826

Boulder Creek

Population

5,1825,353

Median household income

$97,433$106,842

Median home value

$578,000$785,200

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
Under 5	3.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.4%
75 and over	10.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	12.3%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
Drove alone	66.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.4%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.7%
Worked from home	18.9%	17.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
1-unit, detached	72.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Aptos	Boulder Creek
Poverty rate	4.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1977	1956