Arden-Arcade vs Elk Grove

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

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

Elk Grove has the higher population (177,221 vs 96,319 in Arden-Arcade). Elk Grove has the higher median household income ($122,229 vs $71,767 in Arden-Arcade). Elk Grove has the higher median home value ($603,400 vs $504,400 in Arden-Arcade).

Population, income & housing

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
Population	96,319	177,221
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,767	$122,229
Median home value	$504,400	$603,400
Median gross rent	$1,476	$2,180
Housing units	40,593	56,080
Homeownership rate	45.5%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
Population	102,864 → 96,319 (-6.4%)	170,825 → 177,221 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$50,501 → $71,767 (+42.1%)	$93,780 → $122,229 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$367,700 → $504,400 (+37.2%)	$406,300 → $603,400 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,476 (+36.7%)	$1,695 → $2,180 (+28.6%)

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

Elk Grove

Population

170,825177,221

Median household income

$93,780$122,229

Median home value

$406,300$603,400

Median gross rent

$1,695$2,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.4%
75 and over	7.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	31.2%
Black or African American	8.5%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	11.2%	31.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	20.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
Drove alone	69.2%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.9%
Public transit	1.6%	1.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.2%	19.2%
Other means	2.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
1-unit, detached	47.4%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	20.6%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Arden-Arcade	Elk Grove
Poverty rate	18.5%	7.4%
Average household size	2.46	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1966	2000