Live Oak vs Rio del Mar

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

Live Oak 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.

Live Oak has the higher population (16,866 vs 8,938 in Rio del Mar). Rio del Mar has the higher median household income ($150,313 vs $107,500 in Live Oak). Rio del Mar has the higher median home value ($1,242,600 vs $975,900 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
Population	16,866	8,938
Median age	41.3 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,500	$150,313
Median home value	$975,900	$1,242,600
Median gross rent	$2,414	$3,172
Housing units	6,778	4,804
Homeownership rate	60.0%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
Population	16,837 → 16,866 (+0.2%)	9,657 → 8,938 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,500 (+28.4%)	$104,416 → $150,313 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$718,600 → $975,900 (+35.8%)	$927,400 → $1,242,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,921 → $2,414 (+25.7%)	$2,235 → $3,172 (+41.9%)

Live Oak

Population

16,83716,866

Median household income

$83,750$107,500

Median home value

$718,600$975,900

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,414

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)

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
Under 5	4.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.6%
75 and over	6.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	80.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.5%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
Drove alone	63.3%	59.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.1%	30.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
1-unit, detached	51.5%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Rio del Mar
Poverty rate	13.1%	3.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1979	1973