Live Oak vs Scotts Valley

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

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

Live Oak has the higher population (16,866 vs 12,138 in Scotts Valley). Scotts Valley has the higher median household income ($140,887 vs $107,500 in Live Oak). Scotts Valley has the higher median home value ($1,092,000 vs $975,900 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
Population	16,866	12,138
Median age	41.3 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,500	$140,887
Median home value	$975,900	$1,092,000
Median gross rent	$2,414	$2,362
Housing units	6,778	5,440
Homeownership rate	60.0%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
Population	16,837 → 16,866 (+0.2%)	11,863 → 12,138 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,500 (+28.4%)	$108,289 → $140,887 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$718,600 → $975,900 (+35.8%)	$815,600 → $1,092,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,921 → $2,414 (+25.7%)	$1,975 → $2,362 (+19.6%)

Live Oak

Population

16,83716,866

Median household income

$83,750$107,500

Median home value

$718,600$975,900

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,414

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)

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.9%
75 and over	6.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	74.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
No high school diploma	9.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	16.5%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
Drove alone	63.3%	66.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	3.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.4%
Walked	4.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	2.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	24.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
1-unit, detached	51.5%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.9%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Scotts Valley
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1979	1985