Brisbane vs Emerald Lake Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Brisbane and Emerald Lake Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Brisbane and Emerald Lake Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brisbane has the higher population (4,718 vs 4,396 in Emerald Lake Hills). Emerald Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $151,593 in Brisbane). Emerald Lake Hills has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,127,200 in Brisbane).

Population, income & housing

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
Population	4,718	4,396
Median age	44.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$151,593	$250,001
Median home value	$1,127,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,634	$3,501
Housing units	2,101	1,634
Homeownership rate	60.5%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
Population	4,697 → 4,718 (+0.4%)	4,721 → 4,396 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$112,016 → $151,593 (+35.3%)	$229,167 → $250,001 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$889,200 → $1,127,200 (+26.8%)	$1,989,200 → $2,000,001 (+0.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,919 → $2,634 (+37.3%)	$3,182 → $3,501 (+10.0%)

Brisbane

Population

4,6974,718

Median household income

$112,016$151,593

Median home value

$889,200$1,127,200

Median gross rent

$1,919$2,634

Emerald Lake Hills

Population

4,7214,396

Median household income

$229,167$250,001

Median home value

$1,989,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,182$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	17.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.5%
75 and over	5.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	32.3%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
No high school diploma	14.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	15.1%	6.5%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
Drove alone	49.4%	50.3%
Carpooled	17.4%	2.1%
Public transit	6.6%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	24.4%	37.6%
Other means	1.5%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
1-unit, detached	48.0%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brisbane	Emerald Lake Hills
Poverty rate	7.3%	1.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1967	1983