Bonny Doon vs Day Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Bonny Doon and Day Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Day Valley has the higher population (3,514 vs 2,946 in Bonny Doon). Bonny Doon has the higher median household income ($163,125 vs $150,256 in Day Valley). Day Valley has the higher median home value ($1,187,200 vs $1,135,600 in Bonny Doon).

Population, income & housing

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
Population	2,946	3,514
Median age	43.8 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$163,125	$150,256
Median home value	$1,135,600	$1,187,200
Median gross rent	$1,767	$1,362
Housing units	1,002	1,340
Homeownership rate	84.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
Population	3,096 → 2,946 (-4.8%)	3,033 → 3,514 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$109,231 → $163,125 (+49.3%)	$123,382 → $150,256 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$868,600 → $1,135,600 (+30.7%)	$875,400 → $1,187,200 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,767 (+51.0%)	$1,843 → $1,362 (-26.1%)

Bonny Doon

Population

3,0962,946

Median household income

$109,231$163,125

Median home value

$868,600$1,135,600

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,767

Day Valley

Population

3,0333,514

Median household income

$123,382$150,256

Median home value

$875,400$1,187,200

Median gross rent

$1,843$1,362

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
Under 5	2.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	18.0%	19.8%
75 and over	3.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
No high school diploma	1.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	19.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
Drove alone	49.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	9.5%
Public transit	2.0%	0.7%
Walked	6.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	13.1%
Other means	2.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
1-unit, detached	91.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Bonny Doon	Day Valley
Poverty rate	9.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	43	28
Median year structure built	1975	1977