Borrego Springs vs Rancho Santa Fe

A side-by-side comparison of Borrego Springs and Rancho Santa Fe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Borrego Springs has the higher population (2,781 vs 2,574 in Rancho Santa Fe). Rancho Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($236,429 vs $83,836 in Borrego Springs). Rancho Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $396,400 in Borrego Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	2,781	2,574
Median age	60.2 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,836	$236,429
Median home value	$396,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$981	$3,501
Housing units	2,614	1,253
Homeownership rate	77.4%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	2,145 → 2,781 (+29.7%)	2,510 → 2,574 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$49,570 → $83,836 (+69.1%)	$137,083 → $236,429 (+72.5%)
Median home value	$186,400 → $396,400 (+112.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $981 (+33.8%)	$3,025 → $3,501 (+15.7%)

Borrego Springs

Population

2,1452,781

Median household income

$49,570$83,836

Median home value

$186,400$396,400

Median gross rent

$733$981

Rancho Santa Fe

Population

2,5102,574

Median household income

$137,083$236,429

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,025$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	5.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	19.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	19.4%	21.3%
75 and over	21.1%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
No high school diploma	10.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
Drove alone	69.6%	59.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	72.1%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Borrego Springs	Rancho Santa Fe
Poverty rate	2.1%	2.4%
Average household size	1.91	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1985	1975