Davis vs West Sacramento

A side-by-side comparison of Davis and West Sacramento: population, income, housing, and more.

Davis and West Sacramento 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 54,496 in West Sacramento). West Sacramento has the higher median household income ($90,791 vs $87,421 in Davis). Davis has the higher median home value ($829,000 vs $497,100 in West Sacramento).

Population, income & housing

	Davis	West Sacramento
Population	66,801	54,496
Median age	27.2 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,421	$90,791
Median home value	$829,000	$497,100
Median gross rent	$2,043	$1,568
Housing units	27,805	20,282
Homeownership rate	43.5%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis	West Sacramento
Population	68,543 → 66,801 (-2.5%)	53,151 → 54,496 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$69,379 → $87,421 (+26.0%)	$70,699 → $90,791 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$652,300 → $829,000 (+27.1%)	$349,800 → $497,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $2,043 (+30.4%)	$1,026 → $1,568 (+52.8%)

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

West Sacramento

Population

53,15154,496

Median household income

$70,699$90,791

Median home value

$349,800$497,100

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis	West Sacramento
Under 5	2.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	32.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.7%
75 and over	5.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis	West Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	41.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	23.9%	12.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis	West Sacramento
No high school diploma	3.2%	13.8%
High school graduate	7.6%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis	West Sacramento
Drove alone	52.2%	65.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.3%
Public transit	5.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	12.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	22.6%	18.9%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis	West Sacramento
1-unit, detached	43.2%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	10.6%
20 or more units	14.6%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Davis	West Sacramento
Poverty rate	25.1%	13.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1983	1987