Interlaken vs Rio del Mar

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

Interlaken 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.

Rio del Mar has the higher population (8,938 vs 8,191 in Interlaken). Rio del Mar has the higher median household income ($150,313 vs $111,021 in Interlaken). Rio del Mar has the higher median home value ($1,242,600 vs $787,400 in Interlaken).

Population, income & housing

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
Population	8,191	8,938
Median age	35.4 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,021	$150,313
Median home value	$787,400	$1,242,600
Median gross rent	$2,080	$3,172
Housing units	2,103	4,804
Homeownership rate	68.1%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
Population	7,817 → 8,191 (+4.8%)	9,657 → 8,938 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$75,488 → $111,021 (+47.1%)	$104,416 → $150,313 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$543,400 → $787,400 (+44.9%)	$927,400 → $1,242,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,711 → $2,080 (+21.6%)	$2,235 → $3,172 (+41.9%)

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

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)

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
Under 5	7.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.6%
75 and over	6.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	78.6%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
No high school diploma	26.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
Drove alone	70.2%	59.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	7.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.0%	30.2%
Other means	3.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
1-unit, detached	87.1%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Interlaken	Rio del Mar
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.1%
Average household size	3.83	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1970	1973