Myrtletown vs Rio Dell

A side-by-side comparison of Myrtletown and Rio Dell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Myrtletown has the higher population (5,028 vs 3,371 in Rio Dell). Myrtletown has the higher median household income ($55,543 vs $46,055 in Rio Dell). Myrtletown has the higher median home value ($437,600 vs $313,400 in Rio Dell).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
Population	5,028	3,371
Median age	45.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,543	$46,055
Median home value	$437,600	$313,400
Median gross rent	$1,712	$1,057
Housing units	2,343	1,591
Homeownership rate	46.9%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
Population	5,222 → 5,028 (-3.7%)	3,373 → 3,371 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$59,330 → $55,543 (-6.4%)	$41,071 → $46,055 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$278,700 → $437,600 (+57.0%)	$196,500 → $313,400 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,712 (+45.2%)	$902 → $1,057 (+17.2%)

Myrtletown

Population

5,2225,028

Median household income

$59,330$55,543

Median home value

$278,700$437,600

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,712

Rio Dell

Population

3,3733,371

Median household income

$41,071$46,055

Median home value

$196,500$313,400

Median gross rent

$902$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
Under 5	6.3%	10.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.4%
75 and over	10.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	53.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
No high school diploma	11.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	18.6%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
Drove alone	51.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	22.5%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	10.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
1-unit, detached	69.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Myrtletown	Rio Dell
Poverty rate	20.3%	12.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1979	1967