Salida vs Waterford

A side-by-side comparison of Salida and Waterford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salida has the higher population (14,457 vs 9,177 in Waterford). Salida has the higher median household income ($91,990 vs $73,092 in Waterford). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $372,900 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Salida	Waterford
Population	14,457	9,177
Median age	33.9 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,990	$73,092
Median home value	$448,700	$372,900
Median gross rent	$2,004	$1,567
Housing units	4,337	2,626
Homeownership rate	79.7%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salida	Waterford
Population	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)	8,877 → 9,177 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)	$58,904 → $73,092 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)	$247,200 → $372,900 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)	$1,112 → $1,567 (+40.9%)

Salida

Population

14,22914,457

Median household income

$82,745$91,990

Median home value

$301,700$448,700

Median gross rent

$1,565$2,004

Waterford

Population

8,8779,177

Median household income

$58,904$73,092

Median home value

$247,200$372,900

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salida	Waterford
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.1%
75 and over	4.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salida	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	38.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	54.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salida	Waterford
No high school diploma	19.3%	29.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salida	Waterford
Drove alone	84.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	20.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salida	Waterford
1-unit, detached	94.8%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Salida	Waterford
Poverty rate	9.5%	13.8%
Average household size	3.31	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1993	1988