Rio Oso vs Sutter

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

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

Sutter has the higher population (2,671 vs 421 in Rio Oso). Rio Oso has the higher median household income ($172,500 vs $94,375 in Sutter). Rio Oso has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $373,600 in Sutter).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Oso	Sutter
Population	421	2,671
Median age	36.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$172,500	$94,375
Median home value	$478,800	$373,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,360
Housing units	141	1,035
Homeownership rate	88.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Oso	Sutter
Population	350 → 421 (+20.3%)	3,005 → 2,671 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$118,333 → $172,500 (+45.8%)	$69,034 → $94,375 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$426,700 → $478,800 (+12.2%)	$248,200 → $373,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,375 (+3.2%)	$1,152 → $1,360 (+18.1%)

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

Sutter

Population

3,0052,671

Median household income

$69,034$94,375

Median home value

$248,200$373,600

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio Oso	Sutter
Under 5	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	28.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	18.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	4.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.4%
75 and over	4.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Oso	Sutter
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	72.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	7.8%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Oso	Sutter
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	17.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	50.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Oso	Sutter
Drove alone	65.9%	91.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Oso	Sutter
1-unit, detached	59.6%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rio Oso	Sutter
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.0%
Average household size	3.45	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1982	1973