Channel Islands Beach vs El Rio

A side-by-side comparison of Channel Islands Beach and El Rio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Rio has the higher population (6,343 vs 2,936 in Channel Islands Beach). Channel Islands Beach has the higher median household income ($103,219 vs $83,233 in El Rio). Channel Islands Beach has the higher median home value ($1,077,600 vs $639,600 in El Rio).

Population, income & housing

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
Population	2,936	6,343
Median age	44.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,219	$83,233
Median home value	$1,077,600	$639,600
Median gross rent	$2,467	$2,122
Housing units	2,172	1,732
Homeownership rate	49.8%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
Population	2,904 → 2,936 (+1.1%)	6,297 → 6,343 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$100,038 → $103,219 (+3.2%)	$62,480 → $83,233 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$909,900 → $1,077,600 (+18.4%)	$469,000 → $639,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,246 → $2,467 (+9.8%)	$1,690 → $2,122 (+25.6%)

Channel Islands Beach

Population

2,9042,936

Median household income

$100,038$103,219

Median home value

$909,900$1,077,600

Median gross rent

$2,246$2,467

El Rio

Population

6,2976,343

Median household income

$62,480$83,233

Median home value

$469,000$639,600

Median gross rent

$1,690$2,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
Under 5	0.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	24.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	7.7%
75 and over	6.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	15.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	82.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
No high school diploma	3.5%	31.8%
High school graduate	11.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
Drove alone	81.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
1-unit, detached	67.6%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Channel Islands Beach	El Rio
Poverty rate	5.1%	22.0%
Average household size	2.00	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1976	1956