Capitola vs Rio del Mar

A side-by-side comparison of Capitola and Rio del Mar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Capitola has the higher population (9,813 vs 8,938 in Rio del Mar). Rio del Mar has the higher median household income ($150,313 vs $96,412 in Capitola). Rio del Mar has the higher median home value ($1,242,600 vs $746,000 in Capitola).

Population, income & housing

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
Population	9,813	8,938
Median age	46.3 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,412	$150,313
Median home value	$746,000	$1,242,600
Median gross rent	$2,376	$3,172
Housing units	5,086	4,804
Homeownership rate	50.3%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
Population	10,121 → 9,813 (-3.0%)	9,657 → 8,938 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$71,059 → $96,412 (+35.7%)	$104,416 → $150,313 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$721,900 → $746,000 (+3.3%)	$927,400 → $1,242,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,780 → $2,376 (+33.5%)	$2,235 → $3,172 (+41.9%)

Capitola

Population

10,1219,813

Median household income

$71,059$96,412

Median home value

$721,900$746,000

Median gross rent

$1,780$2,376

Rio del Mar

Population

9,6578,938

Median household income

$104,416$150,313

Median home value

$927,400$1,242,600

Median gross rent

$2,235$3,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
Under 5	3.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.6%
75 and over	9.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
No high school diploma	9.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	13.5%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
Drove alone	56.5%	59.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	25.7%	30.2%
Other means	4.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
1-unit, detached	36.2%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Capitola	Rio del Mar
Poverty rate	13.9%	3.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1975	1973