Del Mar vs Hidden Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Del Mar and Hidden Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Del Mar has the higher population (3,921 vs 3,899 in Hidden Meadows). Del Mar has the higher median household income ($192,845 vs $119,394 in Hidden Meadows). Del Mar has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $830,000 in Hidden Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
Population	3,921	3,899
Median age	55.5 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$192,845	$119,394
Median home value	$2,000,001	$830,000
Median gross rent	$3,377	$2,307
Housing units	2,586	2,003
Homeownership rate	54.3%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.7%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
Population	4,331 → 3,921 (-9.5%)	3,462 → 3,899 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$129,063 → $192,845 (+49.4%)	$99,750 → $119,394 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$619,600 → $830,000 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,320 → $3,377 (+45.6%)	$2,406 → $2,307 (-4.1%)

Del Mar

Population

4,3313,921

Median household income

$129,063$192,845

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,320$3,377

Hidden Meadows

Population

3,4623,899

Median household income

$99,750$119,394

Median home value

$619,600$830,000

Median gross rent

$2,406$2,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
Under 5	2.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	7.5%	4.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	20.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	19.7%
75 and over	14.7%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	67.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	2.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
No high school diploma	0.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	6.1%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	47.2%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
Drove alone	54.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.9%	13.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
1-unit, detached	56.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	17.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Del Mar	Hidden Meadows
Poverty rate	2.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1970	1984