University of California-Davis vs West Sacramento

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

University of California-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.

West Sacramento has the higher population (54,496 vs 8,158 in University of California-Davis). West Sacramento has the higher median household income ($90,791 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

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
Population	8,158	54,496
Median age	19.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$17,625	$90,791
Median home value	—	$497,100
Median gross rent	$1,560	$1,568
Housing units	1,642	20,282
Homeownership rate	2.0%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
Population	7,311 → 8,158 (+11.6%)	53,151 → 54,496 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$20,855 → $17,625 (-15.5%)	$70,699 → $90,791 (+28.4%)
Median home value	—	$349,800 → $497,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $1,560 (+15.2%)	$1,026 → $1,568 (+52.8%)

University of California-Davis

Population

7,3118,158

Median household income

$20,855$17,625

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,560

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)

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
Under 5	1.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	1.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	84.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	3.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	0.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	1.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.7%
75 and over	0.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	41.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	36.7%	12.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
No high school diploma	4.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	5.2%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
Drove alone	17.0%	65.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.3%
Public transit	2.9%	1.1%
Walked	19.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	33.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	22.1%	18.9%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
1-unit, detached	2.3%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	56.5%	10.6%
20 or more units	33.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	University of California-Davis	West Sacramento
Poverty rate	67.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	2003	1987