Happy Valley vs Palo Cedro

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

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

Happy Valley has the higher population (6,046 vs 3,561 in Palo Cedro). Palo Cedro has the higher median household income ($118,542 vs $80,578 in Happy Valley). Palo Cedro has the higher median home value ($529,900 vs $293,800 in Happy Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
Population	6,046	3,561
Median age	45.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,578	$118,542
Median home value	$293,800	$529,900
Median gross rent	$1,766	$1,204
Housing units	2,301	1,219
Homeownership rate	86.5%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
Population	5,652 → 6,046 (+7.0%)	1,143 → 3,561 (+211.5%)
Median household income	$57,479 → $80,578 (+40.2%)	$74,931 → $118,542 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $293,800 (+16.9%)	$368,300 → $529,900 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,766 (+27.5%)	$1,806 → $1,204 (-33.3%)

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

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)

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
Under 5	3.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.3%
75 and over	8.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.2%
Asian	7.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
No high school diploma	14.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	31.7%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
Drove alone	88.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	17.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
1-unit, detached	68.5%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Palo Cedro
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1978	1978