Aptos vs Interlaken

A side-by-side comparison of Aptos and Interlaken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Interlaken has the higher population (8,191 vs 6,124 in Aptos). Aptos has the higher median household income ($135,349 vs $111,021 in Interlaken). Aptos has the higher median home value ($1,098,200 vs $787,400 in Interlaken).

Population, income & housing

	Aptos	Interlaken
Population	6,124	8,191
Median age	49.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$135,349	$111,021
Median home value	$1,098,200	$787,400
Median gross rent	$1,826	$2,080
Housing units	2,734	2,103
Homeownership rate	70.0%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aptos	Interlaken
Population	6,387 → 6,124 (-4.1%)	7,817 → 8,191 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$112,308 → $135,349 (+20.5%)	$75,488 → $111,021 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$828,400 → $1,098,200 (+32.6%)	$543,400 → $787,400 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,884 → $1,826 (-3.1%)	$1,711 → $2,080 (+21.6%)

Aptos

Population

6,3876,124

Median household income

$112,308$135,349

Median home value

$828,400$1,098,200

Median gross rent

$1,884$1,826

Interlaken

Population

7,8178,191

Median household income

$75,488$111,021

Median home value

$543,400$787,400

Median gross rent

$1,711$2,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aptos	Interlaken
Under 5	3.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	13.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	7.8%
75 and over	10.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aptos	Interlaken
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	18.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	78.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aptos	Interlaken
No high school diploma	1.7%	26.7%
High school graduate	12.3%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aptos	Interlaken
Drove alone	66.5%	70.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	15.1%
Public transit	1.8%	2.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	9.0%
Other means	1.1%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aptos	Interlaken
1-unit, detached	72.8%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aptos	Interlaken
Poverty rate	4.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.56	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1977	1970