Elverta vs Gold River

A side-by-side comparison of Elverta and Gold River: population, income, housing, and more.

Elverta and Gold River are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gold River has the higher population (7,661 vs 4,252 in Elverta). Gold River has the higher median household income ($166,250 vs $91,563 in Elverta). Gold River has the higher median home value ($682,200 vs $455,500 in Elverta).

Population, income & housing

	Elverta	Gold River
Population	4,252	7,661
Median age	47.7 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,563	$166,250
Median home value	$455,500	$682,200
Median gross rent	$1,544	$2,528
Housing units	1,541	3,701
Homeownership rate	82.9%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elverta	Gold River
Population	5,606 → 4,252 (-24.2%)	7,538 → 7,661 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$73,438 → $91,563 (+24.7%)	$119,038 → $166,250 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$321,900 → $455,500 (+41.5%)	$499,300 → $682,200 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,544 (+2.3%)	$1,874 → $2,528 (+34.9%)

Elverta

Population

5,6064,252

Median household income

$73,438$91,563

Median home value

$321,900$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,544

Gold River

Population

7,5387,661

Median household income

$119,038$166,250

Median home value

$499,300$682,200

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,528

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elverta	Gold River
Under 5	3.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	22.2%
75 and over	7.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elverta	Gold River
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	69.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	2.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elverta	Gold River
No high school diploma	10.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elverta	Gold River
Drove alone	82.1%	61.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.7%	34.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elverta	Gold River
1-unit, detached	98.2%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elverta	Gold River
Poverty rate	10.1%	2.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1982	1991