Anderson vs Palo Cedro

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson and Palo Cedro: population, income, housing, and more.

Anderson and Palo Cedro 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 3,561 in Palo Cedro). Palo Cedro has the higher median household income ($118,542 vs $50,306 in Anderson). Palo Cedro has the higher median home value ($529,900 vs $272,000 in Anderson).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
Population	11,282	3,561
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,306	$118,542
Median home value	$272,000	$529,900
Median gross rent	$985	$1,204
Housing units	5,129	1,219
Homeownership rate	57.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
Population	10,407 → 11,282 (+8.4%)	1,143 → 3,561 (+211.5%)
Median household income	$42,649 → $50,306 (+18.0%)	$74,931 → $118,542 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $272,000 (+35.9%)	$368,300 → $529,900 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $985 (+8.0%)	$1,806 → $1,204 (-33.3%)

Anderson

Population

10,40711,282

Median household income

$42,649$50,306

Median home value

$200,200$272,000

Median gross rent

$912$985

Palo Cedro

Population

1,1433,561

Median household income

$74,931$118,542

Median home value

$368,300$529,900

Median gross rent

$1,806$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
Under 5	6.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	23.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.3%
75 and over	6.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.2%
Asian	2.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
Drove alone	73.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	17.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
1-unit, detached	66.6%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Palo Cedro
Poverty rate	20.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	15	33
Median year structure built	1980	1978