Dixon vs Elmira

A side-by-side comparison of Dixon and Elmira: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dixon has the higher population (19,158 vs 248 in Elmira). Elmira has the higher median household income ($103,476 vs $98,798 in Dixon). Since 2019, Elmira's population has grown faster (+1.6% vs -4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Elmira
Population	19,158	248
Median age	34.2 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,798	$103,476
Median home value	$575,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,728	—
Housing units	6,985	120
Homeownership rate	59.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Elmira
Population	20,084 → 19,158 (-4.6%)	244 → 248 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$82,570 → $98,798 (+19.7%)	$60,714 → $103,476 (+70.4%)
Median home value	$385,400 → $575,600 (+49.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,728 (+21.2%)	$1,154 → $1,917 (+66.1%)

Dixon

Population

20,08419,158

Median household income

$82,570$98,798

Median home value

$385,400$575,600

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,728

Elmira

Population

244248

Median household income

$60,714$103,476

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Elmira
Under 5	6.2%	21.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	25.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	0.0%
75 and over	4.4%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Elmira
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.6%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Elmira
No high school diploma	16.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Elmira
Drove alone	82.4%	41.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	58.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Elmira
1-unit, detached	69.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Elmira
Poverty rate	8.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1985	1984