Rolling Hills Estates vs Topanga

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

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

Topanga has the higher population (8,781 vs 8,158 in Rolling Hills Estates). Rolling Hills Estates has the higher median household income ($187,500 vs $142,553 in Topanga). Topanga has the higher median home value ($1,643,000 vs $1,602,300 in Rolling Hills Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
Population	8,158	8,781
Median age	47.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$187,500	$142,553
Median home value	$1,602,300	$1,643,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	3,034	3,563
Homeownership rate	89.8%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.2%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
Population	8,169 → 8,158 (-0.1%)	7,900 → 8,781 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$150,135 → $187,500 (+24.9%)	$128,546 → $142,553 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$1,326,600 → $1,602,300 (+20.8%)	$1,064,400 → $1,643,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,353 → $3,501 (+4.4%)	$3,088 → $3,501 (+13.4%)

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

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)

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
Under 5	2.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.2%
75 and over	16.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	69.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	26.2%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	4.2%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	5.9%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
Drove alone	68.8%	52.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	23.2%	33.3%
Other means	0.5%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
1-unit, detached	78.8%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Rolling Hills Estates	Topanga
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.98	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1970	1971