Citrus Heights vs Elk Grove

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

Citrus Heights 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 87,036 in Citrus Heights). Elk Grove has the higher median household income ($122,229 vs $77,167 in Citrus Heights). Elk Grove has the higher median home value ($603,400 vs $432,100 in Citrus Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
Population	87,036	177,221
Median age	38.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,167	$122,229
Median home value	$432,100	$603,400
Median gross rent	$1,764	$2,180
Housing units	34,977	56,080
Homeownership rate	60.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
Population	87,373 → 87,036 (-0.4%)	170,825 → 177,221 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$62,276 → $77,167 (+23.9%)	$93,780 → $122,229 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$297,700 → $432,100 (+45.1%)	$406,300 → $603,400 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,764 (+40.0%)	$1,695 → $2,180 (+28.6%)

Citrus Heights

Population

87,37387,036

Median household income

$62,276$77,167

Median home value

$297,700$432,100

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,764

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)

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.4%
75 and over	7.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	31.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	31.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	26.4%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
Drove alone	71.0%	67.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.9%
Public transit	1.5%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	19.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
1-unit, detached	58.6%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Citrus Heights	Elk Grove
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.56	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1977	2000