Arden-Arcade vs Rancho Cordova

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

Arden-Arcade and Rancho Cordova 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 80,656 in Rancho Cordova). Rancho Cordova has the higher median household income ($89,120 vs $71,767 in Arden-Arcade). Arden-Arcade has the higher median home value ($504,400 vs $451,400 in Rancho Cordova).

Population, income & housing

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
Population	96,319	80,656
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,767	$89,120
Median home value	$504,400	$451,400
Median gross rent	$1,476	$1,698
Housing units	40,593	28,694
Homeownership rate	45.5%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
Population	102,864 → 96,319 (-6.4%)	73,147 → 80,656 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$50,501 → $71,767 (+42.1%)	$65,307 → $89,120 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$367,700 → $504,400 (+37.2%)	$299,800 → $451,400 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,476 (+36.7%)	$1,212 → $1,698 (+40.1%)

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

Rancho Cordova

Population

73,14780,656

Median household income

$65,307$89,120

Median home value

$299,800$451,400

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
Under 5	6.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.3%
75 and over	7.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	46.5%
Black or African American	8.5%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	11.2%	14.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.8%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	20.8%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
Drove alone	69.2%	65.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.1%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.2%	18.2%
Other means	2.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
1-unit, detached	47.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	20.6%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden-Arcade	Rancho Cordova
Poverty rate	18.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1966	1979