Mad River vs Salyer

A side-by-side comparison of Mad River and Salyer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mad River has the higher population (544 vs 465 in Salyer). Salyer has the higher median home value ($575,800 vs $280,900 in Mad River). Since 2019, Mad River's population has grown faster (+18.8% vs +7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Mad River	Salyer
Population	544	465
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median home value	$280,900	$575,800
Housing units	384	192
Homeownership rate	55.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mad River	Salyer
Population	458 → 544 (+18.8%)	433 → 465 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$25,400 → $30,125 (+18.6%)	$35,446 → $33,375 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$233,300 → $280,900 (+20.4%)	$388,300 → $575,800 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,004 → $1,809 (+80.2%)

Mad River

Population

458544

Median household income

$25,400$30,125

Median home value

$233,300$280,900

Salyer

Population

433465

Median household income

$35,446$33,375

Median home value

$388,300$575,800

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mad River	Salyer
Under 5	3.5%	29.5%
5 to 17	29.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	2.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	22.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	0.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	31.6%	32.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.1%
75 and over	4.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mad River	Salyer
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	46.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	24.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	24.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mad River	Salyer
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	59.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mad River	Salyer
Drove alone	92.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mad River	Salyer
1-unit, detached	58.9%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Mad River	Salyer
Poverty rate	18.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.85	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1974	1961