Anderson vs Happy Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson and Happy Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anderson has the higher population (11,282 vs 6,046 in Happy Valley). Happy Valley has the higher median household income ($80,578 vs $50,306 in Anderson). Happy Valley has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $272,000 in Anderson).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Happy Valley
Population	11,282	6,046
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,306	$80,578
Median home value	$272,000	$293,800
Median gross rent	$985	$1,766
Housing units	5,129	2,301
Homeownership rate	57.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Happy Valley
Population	10,407 → 11,282 (+8.4%)	5,652 → 6,046 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$42,649 → $50,306 (+18.0%)	$57,479 → $80,578 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $272,000 (+35.9%)	$251,400 → $293,800 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $985 (+8.0%)	$1,385 → $1,766 (+27.5%)

Anderson

Population

10,40711,282

Median household income

$42,649$50,306

Median home value

$200,200$272,000

Median gross rent

$912$985

Happy Valley

Population

5,6526,046

Median household income

$57,479$80,578

Median home value

$251,400$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,385$1,766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Happy Valley
Under 5	6.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Happy Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.7%
Asian	2.6%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Happy Valley
No high school diploma	11.6%	14.8%
High school graduate	34.4%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Happy Valley
Drove alone	73.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Happy Valley
1-unit, detached	66.6%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Happy Valley
Poverty rate	20.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1980	1978