Big River vs Oak Glen

A side-by-side comparison of Big River and Oak Glen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big River has the higher population (1,025 vs 387 in Oak Glen). Oak Glen has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $40,179 in Big River). Oak Glen has the higher median home value ($867,600 vs $132,400 in Big River).

Population, income & housing

	Big River	Oak Glen
Population	1,025	387
Median age	60.9 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$101,250
Median home value	$132,400	$867,600
Median gross rent	$795	—
Housing units	978	352
Homeownership rate	78.9%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big River	Oak Glen
Population	1,149 → 1,025 (-10.8%)	430 → 387 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$33,534 → $40,179 (+19.8%)	$83,846 → $101,250 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $132,400 (+44.9%)	$795,500 → $867,600 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $795 (+28.2%)	—

Big River

Population

1,1491,025

Median household income

$33,534$40,179

Median home value

$91,400$132,400

Median gross rent

$620$795

Oak Glen

Population

430387

Median household income

$83,846$101,250

Median home value

$795,500$867,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big River	Oak Glen
Under 5	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	3.6%
18 to 24	2.4%	1.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	6.2%
35 to 44	4.3%	2.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	3.4%
55 to 64	36.0%	43.2%
65 to 74	20.6%	31.8%
75 and over	18.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big River	Oak Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big River	Oak Glen
No high school diploma	16.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	34.3%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big River	Oak Glen
Drove alone	87.7%	14.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	36.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	49.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big River	Oak Glen
1-unit, detached	49.4%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Big River	Oak Glen
Poverty rate	19.9%	3.6%
Average household size	1.81	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1986	1992