Interlaken vs Scotts Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Interlaken and Scotts Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scotts Valley has the higher population (12,138 vs 8,191 in Interlaken). Scotts Valley has the higher median household income ($140,887 vs $111,021 in Interlaken). Scotts Valley has the higher median home value ($1,092,000 vs $787,400 in Interlaken).

Population, income & housing

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
Population	8,191	12,138
Median age	35.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,021	$140,887
Median home value	$787,400	$1,092,000
Median gross rent	$2,080	$2,362
Housing units	2,103	5,440
Homeownership rate	68.1%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
Population	7,817 → 8,191 (+4.8%)	11,863 → 12,138 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$75,488 → $111,021 (+47.1%)	$108,289 → $140,887 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$543,400 → $787,400 (+44.9%)	$815,600 → $1,092,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,711 → $2,080 (+21.6%)	$1,975 → $2,362 (+19.6%)

Interlaken

Population

7,8178,191

Median household income

$75,488$111,021

Median home value

$543,400$787,400

Median gross rent

$1,711$2,080

Scotts Valley

Population

11,86312,138

Median household income

$108,289$140,887

Median home value

$815,600$1,092,000

Median gross rent

$1,975$2,362

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
Under 5	7.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.9%
75 and over	6.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	74.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	78.6%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
No high school diploma	26.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	23.2%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
Drove alone	70.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	15.1%	3.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	24.5%
Other means	3.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
1-unit, detached	87.1%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Interlaken	Scotts Valley
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.8%
Average household size	3.83	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1970	1985