Happy Valley vs Redding

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

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

Redding has the higher population (93,268 vs 6,046 in Happy Valley). Happy Valley has the higher median household income ($80,578 vs $69,443 in Redding). Redding has the higher median home value ($363,800 vs $293,800 in Happy Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Redding
Population	6,046	93,268
Median age	45.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,578	$69,443
Median home value	$293,800	$363,800
Median gross rent	$1,766	$1,323
Housing units	2,301	39,937
Homeownership rate	86.5%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Redding
Population	5,652 → 6,046 (+7.0%)	91,580 → 93,268 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$57,479 → $80,578 (+40.2%)	$54,278 → $69,443 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $293,800 (+16.9%)	$264,900 → $363,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,766 (+27.5%)	$1,075 → $1,323 (+23.1%)

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

Redding

Population

91,58093,268

Median household income

$54,278$69,443

Median home value

$264,900$363,800

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happy Valley	Redding
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.8%
75 and over	8.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Redding
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.6%
Asian	7.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Redding
No high school diploma	14.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Redding
Drove alone	88.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Valley	Redding
1-unit, detached	68.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Redding
Poverty rate	4.3%	13.6%
Average household size	2.87	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1978	1983