Dobbins vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Dobbins and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

Dobbins and Wheatland are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheatland has the higher population (3,790 vs 511 in Dobbins). Wheatland has the higher median household income ($81,827 vs $51,827 in Dobbins). Dobbins has the higher median home value ($411,100 vs $387,300 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Dobbins	Wheatland
Population	511	3,790
Median age	60.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,827	$81,827
Median home value	$411,100	$387,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,210
Housing units	327	1,375
Homeownership rate	89.5%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dobbins	Wheatland
Population	346 → 511 (+47.7%)	3,810 → 3,790 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $51,827 (+5.8%)	$75,066 → $81,827 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$386,600 → $411,100 (+6.3%)	$264,300 → $387,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,273 → $1,210 (-4.9%)

Dobbins

Population

346511

Median household income

$48,984$51,827

Median home value

$386,600$411,100

Wheatland

Population

3,8103,790

Median household income

$75,066$81,827

Median home value

$264,300$387,300

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dobbins	Wheatland
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	19.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	18.3%
65 to 74	28.4%	7.8%
75 and over	14.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dobbins	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dobbins	Wheatland
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	14.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dobbins	Wheatland
Drove alone	70.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	12.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dobbins	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	57.5%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Dobbins	Wheatland
Poverty rate	20.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1993	1995