Gold River vs Mather

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

Gold River and Mather 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 4,729 in Mather). Gold River has the higher median household income ($166,250 vs $140,941 in Mather). Gold River has the higher median home value ($682,200 vs $573,800 in Mather).

Population, income & housing

	Gold River	Mather
Population	7,661	4,729
Median age	53.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$166,250	$140,941
Median home value	$682,200	$573,800
Median gross rent	$2,528	$1,904
Housing units	3,701	1,537
Homeownership rate	87.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold River	Mather
Population	7,538 → 7,661 (+1.6%)	4,272 → 4,729 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$119,038 → $166,250 (+39.7%)	$87,976 → $140,941 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$499,300 → $682,200 (+36.6%)	$360,000 → $573,800 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,874 → $2,528 (+34.9%)	$1,578 → $1,904 (+20.7%)

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

Mather

Population

4,2724,729

Median household income

$87,976$140,941

Median home value

$360,000$573,800

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold River	Mather
Under 5	3.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	24.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	22.2%	7.5%
75 and over	11.2%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold River	Mather
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	64.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	14.4%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold River	Mather
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	7.6%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold River	Mather
Drove alone	61.4%	66.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	24.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold River	Mather
1-unit, detached	82.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	8.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gold River	Mather
Poverty rate	2.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.21	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1991	2004