Elverta vs Rancho Murieta

A side-by-side comparison of Elverta and Rancho Murieta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rancho Murieta has the higher population (5,606 vs 4,252 in Elverta). Rancho Murieta has the higher median household income ($129,767 vs $91,563 in Elverta). Rancho Murieta has the higher median home value ($660,000 vs $455,500 in Elverta).

Population, income & housing

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
Population	4,252	5,606
Median age	47.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,563	$129,767
Median home value	$455,500	$660,000
Median gross rent	$1,544	$3,333
Housing units	1,541	2,477
Homeownership rate	82.9%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
Population	5,606 → 4,252 (-24.2%)	5,744 → 5,606 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$73,438 → $91,563 (+24.7%)	$108,625 → $129,767 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$321,900 → $455,500 (+41.5%)	$474,000 → $660,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,544 (+2.3%)	$2,086 → $3,333 (+59.8%)

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

Rancho Murieta

Population

5,7445,606

Median household income

$108,625$129,767

Median home value

$474,000$660,000

Median gross rent

$2,086$3,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
Under 5	3.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	2.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	23.5%	20.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	15.7%
75 and over	7.3%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	68.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
Drove alone	82.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	16.8%
Other means	0.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
1-unit, detached	98.2%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Elverta	Rancho Murieta
Poverty rate	10.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	47
Median year structure built	1982	1991