Allendale vs Rio Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale and Rio Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rio Vista has the higher population (10,002 vs 1,915 in Allendale). Allendale has the higher median household income ($110,284 vs $86,970 in Rio Vista). Allendale has the higher median home value ($1,001,500 vs $480,300 in Rio Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Rio Vista
Population	1,915	10,002
Median age	50.9 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$110,284	$86,970
Median home value	$1,001,500	$480,300
Median gross rent	$3,086	$1,624
Housing units	660	5,164
Homeownership rate	76.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Rio Vista
Population	1,388 → 1,915 (+38.0%)	8,947 → 10,002 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$121,081 → $110,284 (-8.9%)	$69,604 → $86,970 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$593,100 → $1,001,500 (+68.9%)	$343,800 → $480,300 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,268 → $3,086 (-5.6%)	$1,368 → $1,624 (+18.7%)

Allendale

Population

1,3881,915

Median household income

$121,081$110,284

Median home value

$593,100$1,001,500

Median gross rent

$3,268$3,086

Rio Vista

Population

8,94710,002

Median household income

$69,604$86,970

Median home value

$343,800$480,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Rio Vista
Under 5	3.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	9.7%	6.2%
18 to 24	15.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	4.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	19.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	23.3%
75 and over	12.0%	25.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Rio Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	60.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Rio Vista
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	20.3%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Rio Vista
Drove alone	82.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Rio Vista
1-unit, detached	85.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Rio Vista
Poverty rate	8.7%	8.0%
Average household size	3.00	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1982	2002