Idlewild vs Waukena

A side-by-side comparison of Idlewild and Waukena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waukena has the higher population (77 vs 57 in Idlewild).

Population, income & housing

	Idlewild	Waukena
Population	57	77
Median age	19.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$81,500
Median home value	—	$450,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,344
Housing units	21	28
Homeownership rate	100.0%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idlewild	Waukena
Population	0 → 57 (+0.0%)	149 → 77 (-48.3%)
Median household income	—	$64,375 → $81,500 (+26.6%)
Median home value	—	$261,400 → $450,000 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,045 → $1,344 (+28.6%)

Idlewild

Population

057

Waukena

Population

14977

Median household income

$64,375$81,500

Median home value

$261,400$450,000

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idlewild	Waukena
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	26.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	29.8%	18.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	43.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idlewild	Waukena
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	22.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	77.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idlewild	Waukena
No high school diploma	52.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idlewild	Waukena
Drove alone	100.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idlewild	Waukena
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Idlewild	Waukena
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.8%
Average household size	4.38	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	—	1978