El Portal vs Mariposa

A side-by-side comparison of El Portal and Mariposa: population, income, housing, and more.

El Portal and Mariposa are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mariposa has the higher population (1,202 vs 502 in El Portal). El Portal has the higher median household income ($53,509 vs $52,661 in Mariposa). Mariposa has the higher median home value ($306,100 vs $257,700 in El Portal).

Population, income & housing

	El Portal	Mariposa
Population	502	1,202
Median age	36.6 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,509	$52,661
Median home value	$257,700	$306,100
Median gross rent	$712	$629
Housing units	350	800
Homeownership rate	55.7%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.9%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Portal	Mariposa
Population	220 → 502 (+128.2%)	1,186 → 1,202 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$44,821 → $53,509 (+19.4%)	$27,454 → $52,661 (+91.8%)
Median home value	$227,700 → $257,700 (+13.2%)	$276,200 → $306,100 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $712 (+7.9%)	$749 → $629 (-16.0%)

El Portal

Population

220502

Median household income

$44,821$53,509

Median home value

$227,700$257,700

Median gross rent

$660$712

Mariposa

Population

1,1861,202

Median household income

$27,454$52,661

Median home value

$276,200$306,100

Median gross rent

$749$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Portal	Mariposa
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	24.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	0.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.9%
35 to 44	6.0%	20.7%
45 to 54	22.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	3.0%	15.1%
75 and over	3.4%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Portal	Mariposa
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Portal	Mariposa
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	9.1%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	44.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Portal	Mariposa
Drove alone	67.6%	33.1%
Carpooled	16.1%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	16.2%
Walked	1.7%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	15.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Portal	Mariposa
1-unit, detached	50.6%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	El Portal	Mariposa
Poverty rate	4.0%	30.6%
Average household size	1.79	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	16	34
Median year structure built	1960	1975