West Sacramento vs Winters

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

West Sacramento and Winters 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 7,453 in Winters). Winters has the higher median household income ($132,650 vs $90,791 in West Sacramento). Winters has the higher median home value ($598,700 vs $497,100 in West Sacramento).

Population, income & housing

	West Sacramento	Winters
Population	54,496	7,453
Median age	34.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,791	$132,650
Median home value	$497,100	$598,700
Median gross rent	$1,568	$1,664
Housing units	20,282	2,611
Homeownership rate	59.5%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Sacramento	Winters
Population	53,151 → 54,496 (+2.5%)	7,197 → 7,453 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$70,699 → $90,791 (+28.4%)	$87,050 → $132,650 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$349,800 → $497,100 (+42.1%)	$398,800 → $598,700 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,568 (+52.8%)	$1,474 → $1,664 (+12.9%)

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

Winters

Population

7,1977,453

Median household income

$87,050$132,650

Median home value

$398,800$598,700

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	West Sacramento	Winters
Under 5	6.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.8%
75 and over	4.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Sacramento	Winters
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	48.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	47.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Sacramento	Winters
No high school diploma	13.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	19.9%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Sacramento	Winters
Drove alone	65.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.9%	14.5%
Other means	2.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Sacramento	Winters
1-unit, detached	63.9%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	9.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	West Sacramento	Winters
Poverty rate	13.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1987	1982