Del Dios vs Elfin Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Del Dios and Elfin Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

Del Dios and Elfin Forest are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elfin Forest has the higher population (566 vs 357 in Del Dios). Elfin Forest has the higher median home value ($1,496,700 vs $955,400 in Del Dios). Since 2019, Elfin Forest's population has grown faster (+22.5% vs +18.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
Population	357	566
Median age	57.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$153,083	—
Median home value	$955,400	$1,496,700
Median gross rent	$2,607	—
Housing units	171	196
Homeownership rate	63.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
Population	302 → 357 (+18.2%)	462 → 566 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$89,500 → $153,083 (+71.0%)	$119,013 → $141,618 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$635,300 → $955,400 (+50.4%)	$1,144,900 → $1,496,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,958 → $2,607 (+33.1%)	—

Del Dios

Population

302357

Median household income

$89,500$153,083

Median home value

$635,300$955,400

Median gross rent

$1,958$2,607

Elfin Forest

Population

462566

Median household income

$119,013$141,618

Median home value

$1,144,900$1,496,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
Under 5	11.8%	11.5%
5 to 17	2.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	3.7%
55 to 64	21.3%	23.7%
65 to 74	23.0%	21.2%
75 and over	7.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	17.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	17.6%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
Drove alone	86.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	28.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Del Dios	Elfin Forest
Poverty rate	6.2%	2.7%
Average household size	2.09	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	1942	1986