Caruthers vs Del Rey

A side-by-side comparison of Caruthers and Del Rey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caruthers has the higher population (2,143 vs 1,513 in Del Rey). Caruthers has the higher median household income ($64,722 vs $57,292 in Del Rey). Caruthers has the higher median home value ($288,000 vs $181,800 in Del Rey).

Population, income & housing

	Caruthers	Del Rey
Population	2,143	1,513
Median age	28.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,722	$57,292
Median home value	$288,000	$181,800
Median gross rent	$1,062	$763
Housing units	701	411
Homeownership rate	58.2%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caruthers	Del Rey
Population	2,559 → 2,143 (-16.3%)	1,261 → 1,513 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$50,733 → $64,722 (+27.6%)	$26,193 → $57,292 (+118.7%)
Median home value	$168,600 → $288,000 (+70.8%)	$181,900 → $181,800 (-0.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,062 (+3.7%)	$659 → $763 (+15.8%)

Caruthers

Population

2,5592,143

Median household income

$50,733$64,722

Median home value

$168,600$288,000

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,062

Del Rey

Population

1,2611,513

Median household income

$26,193$57,292

Median home value

$181,900$181,800

Median gross rent

$659$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caruthers	Del Rey
Under 5	4.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	30.8%	28.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	13.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	19.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	5.4%
65 to 74	2.1%	3.6%
75 and over	2.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caruthers	Del Rey
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	1.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.1%	95.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caruthers	Del Rey
No high school diploma	37.4%	38.3%
High school graduate	16.6%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caruthers	Del Rey
Drove alone	77.6%	86.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caruthers	Del Rey
1-unit, detached	92.4%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caruthers	Del Rey
Poverty rate	16.6%	24.8%
Average household size	3.61	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1977	1983