What is the population of Willows city?

Willows city has 6,239 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #604 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Willows city?

Median household income in Willows city is $78,179 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Willows city?

Median gross rent is $1,149 a month and the median home value is $286,200, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.

Is Willows city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Willows city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Willows, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Willows, California (Willows, CA — Census place “Willows city”) is 6,239 residents, ranking #604 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $78,179, the median home is worth $286,200 and median gross rent runs $1,149 a month. Looking for the Willows California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Willows, CA: 95988.

Population: 6,239Willows city residents
Median household income: $78,179Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $286,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,149Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.1%Owner-occupied households

Willows ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Willows.

The Willows CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

95988

What the numbers mean in Willows city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Willows city median would spend about 17.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 54.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Willows city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Willows city is a mid-size town in California, with 6,239 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #604 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 35 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Willows city earn a median of $78,179 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Willows city is valued at $286,200, 5.7% below the national figure and 51% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,149 a month, 18.3% below the national figure, or roughly $13,788 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Willows city?: Willows city has 6,239 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #604 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Willows city?: Median household income in Willows city is $78,179 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Willows city?: Median gross rent is $1,149 a month and the median home value is $286,200, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.
Is Willows city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Willows city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Willows city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.