Acton vs Rolling Hills Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Acton and Rolling Hills Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Acton and Rolling Hills Estates are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rolling Hills Estates has the higher population (8,158 vs 7,721 in Acton). Rolling Hills Estates has the higher median household income ($187,500 vs $110,000 in Acton). Rolling Hills Estates has the higher median home value ($1,602,300 vs $695,300 in Acton).

Population, income & housing

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
Population	7,721	8,158
Median age	45.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$187,500
Median home value	$695,300	$1,602,300
Median gross rent	$1,755	$3,501
Housing units	2,887	3,034
Homeownership rate	94.6%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
Population	7,232 → 7,721 (+6.8%)	8,169 → 8,158 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$97,857 → $110,000 (+12.4%)	$150,135 → $187,500 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$559,600 → $695,300 (+24.2%)	$1,326,600 → $1,602,300 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,535 → $1,755 (+14.3%)	$3,353 → $3,501 (+4.4%)

Acton

Population

7,2327,721

Median household income

$97,857$110,000

Median home value

$559,600$695,300

Median gross rent

$1,535$1,755

Rolling Hills Estates

Population

8,1698,158

Median household income

$150,135$187,500

Median home value

$1,326,600$1,602,300

Median gross rent

$3,353$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
Under 5	6.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.8%
75 and over	4.0%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	58.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	26.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
Drove alone	68.4%	68.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.5%
Public transit	2.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.1%	23.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
1-unit, detached	90.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acton	Rolling Hills Estates
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	48	29
Median year structure built	1986	1970