Boulder Creek vs Felton

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

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

Boulder Creek has the higher population (5,353 vs 3,721 in Felton). Felton has the higher median household income ($117,375 vs $106,842 in Boulder Creek). Felton has the higher median home value ($836,700 vs $785,200 in Boulder Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder Creek	Felton
Population	5,353	3,721
Median age	46.4 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,842	$117,375
Median home value	$785,200	$836,700
Median gross rent	$1,844	$2,164
Housing units	2,412	1,730
Homeownership rate	77.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder Creek	Felton
Population	5,182 → 5,353 (+3.3%)	3,633 → 3,721 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$97,433 → $106,842 (+9.7%)	$109,100 → $117,375 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$578,000 → $785,200 (+35.8%)	$632,900 → $836,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,844 (+32.8%)	$1,818 → $2,164 (+19.0%)

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

Felton

Population

3,6333,721

Median household income

$109,100$117,375

Median home value

$632,900$836,700

Median gross rent

$1,818$2,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder Creek	Felton
Under 5	1.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	17.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	15.4%
75 and over	6.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder Creek	Felton
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Some other race	1.4%	3.1%
Two or more races	6.3%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder Creek	Felton
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	17.6%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder Creek	Felton
Drove alone	76.7%	64.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.2%	25.6%
Other means	0.3%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder Creek	Felton
1-unit, detached	91.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Boulder Creek	Felton
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1956	1960