Elmira vs Rio Vista

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

Elmira 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 248 in Elmira). Elmira has the higher median household income ($103,476 vs $86,970 in Rio Vista). Since 2019, Rio Vista's population has grown faster (+11.8% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Elmira	Rio Vista
Population	248	10,002
Median age	27.8 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,476	$86,970
Median home value	—	$480,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,624
Housing units	120	5,164
Homeownership rate	36.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmira	Rio Vista
Population	244 → 248 (+1.6%)	8,947 → 10,002 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$60,714 → $103,476 (+70.4%)	$69,604 → $86,970 (+24.9%)
Median home value	—	$343,800 → $480,300 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,917 (+66.1%)	$1,368 → $1,624 (+18.7%)

Elmira

Population

244248

Median household income

$60,714$103,476

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,917

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)

	Elmira	Rio Vista
Under 5	21.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	6.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	25.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	6.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	23.3%
75 and over	17.7%	25.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmira	Rio Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmira	Rio Vista
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	15.5%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	55.6%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmira	Rio Vista
Drove alone	41.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	58.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmira	Rio Vista
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmira	Rio Vista
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.07	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1984	2002