Walnut Creek

Population & Demographics

Walnut Creek, CA

Walnut Creek is home to 70,088 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 30,598 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
70,088
people
Population

70,088 residents

Median age 46.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Walnut Creek population & demographics

Who lives in Walnut Creek — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
70,088
Median age
46.8yrs
Median household income
$130,432
Median home value
$1,057,300
Median gross rent
$2,680/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
70.4%
Poverty rate
6.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Walnut Creek

How Walnut Creek breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White61.3%
Asian17.1%
Hispanic or Latino12.4%
Two or more races6.5%
Black1.8%
Some other race0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Walnut Creek

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Walnut Creek.

Walnut Creek at a glance
Employed Residents
30,598
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
30.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Francisco
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Walnut Creek proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Walnut Creek commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

42 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Walnut Creek

30,598 commutes, one dot at a time

Walnut Creek

Where 30,598 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Walnut Creek, by worker count.

1San Francisco23.8 mi5,265
2Walnut Creek0.0 mi3,704
3Oakland12.6 mi2,362
4Concord4.6 mi1,517
5Berkeley12.8 mi967
6San Ramon11.9 mi775
7Pleasanton18.4 mi635
8San Jose42.4 mi598

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Walnut Creek.

1Concord4.6 mi5,228
2Walnut Creek0.0 mi3,704
3Antioch14.6 mi2,356
4Oakland12.6 mi2,347
5Pittsburg11.0 mi2,243
6San Francisco23.8 mi1,694
7San Jose42.4 mi1,489
8Brentwood18.3 mi1,257

Top industries

The sectors that employ Walnut Creek’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance36.0%
RTRetail Trade12.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.6%
FIFinance and Insurance8.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.2%
REReal Estate and Rental and Leasing3.3%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)2.9%
EDEducational Services2.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Walnut Creek

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps90%
8 Gbps56%
See all internet providers in Walnut Creek

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