Boronda vs Del Rey Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Boronda and Del Rey Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boronda has the higher population (2,246 vs 1,556 in Del Rey Oaks). Del Rey Oaks has the higher median household income ($130,909 vs $77,639 in Boronda). Del Rey Oaks has the higher median home value ($844,000 vs $581,300 in Boronda).

Population, income & housing

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
Population	2,246	1,556
Median age	32.1 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$130,909
Median home value	$581,300	$844,000
Median gross rent	$1,964	$3,162
Housing units	559	709
Homeownership rate	53.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
Population	1,763 → 2,246 (+27.4%)	1,525 → 1,556 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$47,383 → $77,639 (+63.9%)	$95,000 → $130,909 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$291,500 → $581,300 (+99.4%)	$629,400 → $844,000 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,710 → $1,964 (+14.9%)	$2,338 → $3,162 (+35.2%)

Boronda

Population

1,7632,246

Median household income

$47,383$77,639

Median home value

$291,500$581,300

Median gross rent

$1,710$1,964

Del Rey Oaks

Population

1,5251,556

Median household income

$95,000$130,909

Median home value

$629,400$844,000

Median gross rent

$2,338$3,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
Under 5	13.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	9.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	18.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	1.0%	12.1%
75 and over	0.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	6.8%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
No high school diploma	41.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
Drove alone	82.1%	85.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.9%
Other means	7.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
1-unit, detached	85.2%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	8.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boronda	Del Rey Oaks
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.9%
Average household size	4.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1978	1958