Live Oak vs Rio Oso

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

Live Oak and Rio Oso 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 (9,264 vs 421 in Rio Oso). Rio Oso has the higher median household income ($172,500 vs $66,590 in Live Oak). Rio Oso has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $317,900 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
Population	9,264	421
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,590	$172,500
Median home value	$317,900	$478,800
Median gross rent	$860	—
Housing units	2,900	141
Homeownership rate	68.7%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
Population	8,679 → 9,264 (+6.7%)	350 → 421 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $66,590 (+21.5%)	$118,333 → $172,500 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$203,400 → $317,900 (+56.3%)	$426,700 → $478,800 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $860 (-7.2%)	$1,333 → $1,375 (+3.2%)

Live Oak

Population

8,6799,264

Median household income

$54,792$66,590

Median home value

$203,400$317,900

Median gross rent

$927$860

Rio Oso

Population

350421

Median household income

$118,333$172,500

Median home value

$426,700$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
Under 5	8.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	28.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	18.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	4.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.3%
75 and over	6.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	18.3%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
No high school diploma	28.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	27.5%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
Drove alone	73.6%	65.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	20.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
1-unit, detached	77.6%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Rio Oso
Poverty rate	15.1%	3.8%
Average household size	3.33	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1993	1982