Lemon Hill vs Rio Linda

A side-by-side comparison of Lemon Hill and Rio Linda: population, income, housing, and more.

Lemon Hill and Rio Linda are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio Linda has the higher population (16,951 vs 14,942 in Lemon Hill). Rio Linda has the higher median household income ($96,083 vs $49,441 in Lemon Hill). Rio Linda has the higher median home value ($438,800 vs $328,000 in Lemon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
Population	14,942	16,951
Median age	29.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,441	$96,083
Median home value	$328,000	$438,800
Median gross rent	$1,376	$1,781
Housing units	4,557	5,474
Homeownership rate	39.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
Population	14,733 → 14,942 (+1.4%)	16,359 → 16,951 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$39,430 → $49,441 (+25.4%)	$70,825 → $96,083 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$177,000 → $328,000 (+85.3%)	$274,200 → $438,800 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,376 (+42.6%)	$1,305 → $1,781 (+36.5%)

Lemon Hill

Population

14,73314,942

Median household income

$39,430$49,441

Median home value

$177,000$328,000

Median gross rent

$965$1,376

Rio Linda

Population

16,35916,951

Median household income

$70,825$96,083

Median home value

$274,200$438,800

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	26.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.0%
75 and over	3.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	61.0%
Black or African American	14.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	23.6%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.9%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
No high school diploma	30.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	29.9%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
Drove alone	64.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	19.7%	5.6%
Public transit	3.4%	1.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
1-unit, detached	53.2%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Lemon Hill	Rio Linda
Poverty rate	28.3%	11.7%
Average household size	3.34	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1962	1971