Gold River vs Wilton

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

Gold River and Wilton 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 6,198 in Wilton). Wilton has the higher median household income ($171,579 vs $166,250 in Gold River). Wilton has the higher median home value ($891,200 vs $682,200 in Gold River).

Population, income & housing

	Gold River	Wilton
Population	7,661	6,198
Median age	53.8 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$166,250	$171,579
Median home value	$682,200	$891,200
Median gross rent	$2,528	$1,792
Housing units	3,701	2,071
Homeownership rate	87.0%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold River	Wilton
Population	7,538 → 7,661 (+1.6%)	5,665 → 6,198 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$119,038 → $166,250 (+39.7%)	$106,813 → $171,579 (+60.6%)
Median home value	$499,300 → $682,200 (+36.6%)	$604,700 → $891,200 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,874 → $2,528 (+34.9%)	$1,566 → $1,792 (+14.4%)

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

Wilton

Population

5,6656,198

Median household income

$106,813$171,579

Median home value

$604,700$891,200

Median gross rent

$1,566$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold River	Wilton
Under 5	3.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.5%	18.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	16.7%
75 and over	11.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold River	Wilton
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	61.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	14.4%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold River	Wilton
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	7.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold River	Wilton
Drove alone	61.4%	66.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold River	Wilton
1-unit, detached	82.5%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Gold River	Wilton
Poverty rate	2.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.21	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1991	1983