Davis vs University of California-Davis

A side-by-side comparison of Davis and University of California-Davis: population, income, housing, and more.

Davis and University of California-Davis are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Davis has the higher population (66,801 vs 8,158 in University of California-Davis). Davis has the higher median household income ($87,421 vs $17,625 in University of California-Davis). Since 2019, University of California-Davis's population has grown faster (+11.6% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Davis	University of California-Davis
Population	66,801	8,158
Median age	27.2 yrs	19.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,421	$17,625
Median home value	$829,000	—
Median gross rent	$2,043	$1,560
Housing units	27,805	1,642
Homeownership rate	43.5%	2.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis	University of California-Davis
Population	68,543 → 66,801 (-2.5%)	7,311 → 8,158 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$69,379 → $87,421 (+26.0%)	$20,855 → $17,625 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$652,300 → $829,000 (+27.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $2,043 (+30.4%)	$1,354 → $1,560 (+15.2%)

Davis

Population

68,54366,801

Median household income

$69,379$87,421

Median home value

$652,300$829,000

Median gross rent

$1,567$2,043

University of California-Davis

Population

7,3118,158

Median household income

$20,855$17,625

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,560

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis	University of California-Davis
Under 5	2.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	1.5%
18 to 24	32.2%	84.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	3.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	0.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	1.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	0.0%
75 and over	5.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis	University of California-Davis
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	34.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	23.9%	36.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis	University of California-Davis
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	7.6%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis	University of California-Davis
Drove alone	52.2%	17.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.0%
Public transit	5.0%	2.9%
Walked	3.3%	19.8%
Bicycle	12.0%	33.1%
Worked from home	22.6%	22.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis	University of California-Davis
1-unit, detached	43.2%	2.3%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	56.5%
20 or more units	14.6%	33.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Davis	University of California-Davis
Poverty rate	25.1%	67.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1983	2003