Acalanes Ridge vs Shell Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Acalanes Ridge and Shell Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Acalanes Ridge has the higher population (1,025 vs 998 in Shell Ridge). Shell Ridge has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $172,667 in Acalanes Ridge). Shell Ridge has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,574,600 in Acalanes Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
Population	1,025	998
Median age	53.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$172,667	$250,001
Median home value	$1,574,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	422	347
Homeownership rate	72.5%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	81.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
Population	1,134 → 1,025 (-9.6%)	1,342 → 998 (-25.6%)
Median household income	$161,806 → $172,667 (+6.7%)	$214,740 → $250,001 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$1,071,200 → $1,574,600 (+47.0%)	$978,200 → $2,000,001 (+104.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	—

Acalanes Ridge

Population

1,1341,025

Median household income

$161,806$172,667

Median home value

$1,071,200$1,574,600

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Shell Ridge

Population

1,342998

Median household income

$214,740$250,001

Median home value

$978,200$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
Under 5	3.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	1.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	20.9%	21.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	21.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	20.6%	14.8%
75 and over	12.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
No high school diploma	1.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.6%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	43.0%	46.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
Drove alone	54.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.3%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.3%	26.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acalanes Ridge	Shell Ridge
Poverty rate	4.5%	1.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	42
Median year structure built	1959	1961