Davis vs Woodland

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

Davis and Woodland 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 61,256 in Woodland). Woodland has the higher median household income ($87,880 vs $87,421 in Davis). Davis has the higher median home value ($829,000 vs $505,200 in Woodland).

Population, income & housing

	Davis	Woodland
Population	66,801	61,256
Median age	27.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,421	$87,880
Median home value	$829,000	$505,200
Median gross rent	$2,043	$1,500
Housing units	27,805	21,827
Homeownership rate	43.5%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis	Woodland
Population	68,543 → 66,801 (-2.5%)	59,710 → 61,256 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$69,379 → $87,421 (+26.0%)	$69,612 → $87,880 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$652,300 → $829,000 (+27.1%)	$365,000 → $505,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $2,043 (+30.4%)	$1,200 → $1,500 (+25.0%)

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

Woodland

Population

59,71061,256

Median household income

$69,612$87,880

Median home value

$365,000$505,200

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis	Woodland
Under 5	2.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	32.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	34.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	23.9%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.6%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	49.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis	Woodland
No high school diploma	3.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	7.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis	Woodland
Drove alone	52.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.8%
Public transit	5.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	12.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	22.6%	12.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis	Woodland
1-unit, detached	43.2%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	14.6%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Davis	Woodland
Poverty rate	25.1%	8.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1983	1980