Marina del Rey vs Topanga

A side-by-side comparison of Marina del Rey and Topanga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marina del Rey has the higher population (8,844 vs 8,781 in Topanga). Topanga has the higher median household income ($142,553 vs $142,440 in Marina del Rey). Topanga has the higher median home value ($1,643,000 vs $470,600 in Marina del Rey).

Population, income & housing

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
Population	8,844	8,781
Median age	37.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,440	$142,553
Median home value	$470,600	$1,643,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	7,177	3,563
Homeownership rate	7.4%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.7%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
Population	9,852 → 8,844 (-10.2%)	7,900 → 8,781 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$118,162 → $142,440 (+20.5%)	$128,546 → $142,553 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$791,700 → $470,600 (-40.6%)	$1,064,400 → $1,643,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,011 → $3,501 (+16.3%)	$3,088 → $3,501 (+13.4%)

Marina del Rey

Population

9,8528,844

Median household income

$118,162$142,440

Median home value

$791,700$470,600

Median gross rent

$3,011$3,501

Topanga

Population

7,9008,781

Median household income

$128,546$142,553

Median home value

$1,064,400$1,643,000

Median gross rent

$3,088$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	4.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	30.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	21.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	4.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	11.2%
75 and over	1.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	69.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.8%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	4.2%
Two or more races	7.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	3.2%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	49.0%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
Drove alone	42.3%	52.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	51.1%	33.3%
Other means	0.3%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
1-unit, detached	1.8%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	93.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Marina del Rey	Topanga
Poverty rate	0.8%	6.7%
Average household size	1.71	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1979	1971