Ballard vs Los Olivos

A side-by-side comparison of Ballard and Los Olivos: population, income, housing, and more.

Ballard and Los Olivos are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Los Olivos has the higher population (939 vs 796 in Ballard). Los Olivos has the higher median household income ($140,968 vs $113,750 in Ballard). Ballard has the higher median home value ($1,589,300 vs $1,373,000 in Los Olivos).

Population, income & housing

	Ballard	Los Olivos
Population	796	939
Median age	40.3 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,750	$140,968
Median home value	$1,589,300	$1,373,000
Median gross rent	$2,260	—
Housing units	360	445
Homeownership rate	61.9%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	58.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballard	Los Olivos
Population	529 → 796 (+50.5%)	791 → 939 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$124,375 → $113,750 (-8.5%)	$103,594 → $140,968 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$914,800 → $1,589,300 (+73.7%)	$882,600 → $1,373,000 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $2,260 (+42.8%)	$2,015 → $1,944 (-3.5%)

Ballard

Population

529796

Median household income

$124,375$113,750

Median home value

$914,800$1,589,300

Median gross rent

$1,583$2,260

Los Olivos

Population

791939

Median household income

$103,594$140,968

Median home value

$882,600$1,373,000

Median gross rent

$2,015$1,944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballard	Los Olivos
Under 5	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	17.6%	21.9%
75 and over	5.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballard	Los Olivos
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballard	Los Olivos
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	11.1%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballard	Los Olivos
Drove alone	60.3%	63.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	24.5%
Other means	11.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballard	Los Olivos
1-unit, detached	83.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballard	Los Olivos
Poverty rate	16.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.71	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1979	1976