Rio Oso vs Trowbridge

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

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

Rio Oso has the higher population (421 vs 243 in Trowbridge). Rio Oso has the higher median household income ($172,500 vs $107,083 in Trowbridge). Trowbridge has the higher median home value ($580,400 vs $478,800 in Rio Oso).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
Population	421	243
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,500	$107,083
Median home value	$478,800	$580,400
Housing units	141	90
Homeownership rate	88.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
Population	350 → 421 (+20.3%)	254 → 243 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$118,333 → $172,500 (+45.8%)	$103,125 → $107,083 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$426,700 → $478,800 (+12.2%)	$332,400 → $580,400 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,375 (+3.2%)	—

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

Trowbridge

Population

254243

Median household income

$103,125$107,083

Median home value

$332,400$580,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
Under 5	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.7%	28.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	18.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	4.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	2.1%
75 and over	4.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	69.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	25.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
No high school diploma	8.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	17.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	50.8%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
Drove alone	65.9%	61.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	25.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
1-unit, detached	59.6%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Rio Oso	Trowbridge
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.3%
Average household size	3.45	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1982	1981