Arden-Arcade vs Carmichael

A side-by-side comparison of Arden-Arcade and Carmichael: population, income, housing, and more.

Arden-Arcade and Carmichael are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arden-Arcade has the higher population (96,319 vs 78,070 in Carmichael). Carmichael has the higher median household income ($84,376 vs $71,767 in Arden-Arcade). Carmichael has the higher median home value ($541,500 vs $504,400 in Arden-Arcade).

Population, income & housing

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
Population	96,319	78,070
Median age	36.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,767	$84,376
Median home value	$504,400	$541,500
Median gross rent	$1,476	$1,595
Housing units	40,593	33,117
Homeownership rate	45.5%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
Population	102,864 → 96,319 (-6.4%)	64,454 → 78,070 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$50,501 → $71,767 (+42.1%)	$64,710 → $84,376 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$367,700 → $504,400 (+37.2%)	$380,200 → $541,500 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,476 (+36.7%)	$1,178 → $1,595 (+35.4%)

Arden-Arcade

Population

102,86496,319

Median household income

$50,501$71,767

Median home value

$367,700$504,400

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,476

Carmichael

Population

64,45478,070

Median household income

$64,710$84,376

Median home value

$380,200$541,500

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.1%
75 and over	7.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	63.8%
Black or African American	8.5%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	11.2%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.7%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
Drove alone	69.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.1%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.2%	19.3%
Other means	2.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
1-unit, detached	47.4%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	20.6%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Arden-Arcade	Carmichael
Poverty rate	18.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1966	1973