Cowan vs Valley Home

A side-by-side comparison of Cowan and Valley Home: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cowan has the higher population (497 vs 208 in Valley Home). Valley Home has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $80,101 in Cowan). Since 2019, Valley Home's population has grown faster (+12.4% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cowan	Valley Home
Population	497	208
Median age	21.5 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,101	$101,875
Median home value	—	$763,900
Housing units	160	113
Homeownership rate	63.6%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowan	Valley Home
Population	498 → 497 (-0.2%)	185 → 208 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$65,411 → $80,101 (+22.5%)	$84,297 → $101,875 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$266,000 → $261,900 (-1.5%)	$457,500 → $763,900 (+67.0%)

Cowan

Population

498497

Median household income

$65,411$80,101

Median home value

$266,000$261,900

Valley Home

Population

185208

Median household income

$84,297$101,875

Median home value

$457,500$763,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowan	Valley Home
Under 5	12.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	23.7%	6.7%
18 to 24	30.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	5.8%
45 to 54	5.0%	5.3%
55 to 64	0.8%	35.6%
65 to 74	2.4%	14.9%
75 and over	8.0%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowan	Valley Home
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowan	Valley Home
No high school diploma	29.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowan	Valley Home
Drove alone	89.8%	88.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowan	Valley Home
1-unit, detached	75.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Cowan	Valley Home
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.7%
Average household size	4.11	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1979	1983