El Rio vs Oak Park

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

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

Oak Park has the higher population (13,656 vs 6,343 in El Rio). Oak Park has the higher median household income ($160,484 vs $83,233 in El Rio). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($1,017,100 vs $639,600 in El Rio).

Population, income & housing

	El Rio	Oak Park
Population	6,343	13,656
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,233	$160,484
Median home value	$639,600	$1,017,100
Median gross rent	$2,122	$3,150
Housing units	1,732	5,239
Homeownership rate	57.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Rio	Oak Park
Population	6,297 → 6,343 (+0.7%)	13,853 → 13,656 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$62,480 → $83,233 (+33.2%)	$132,578 → $160,484 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$469,000 → $639,600 (+36.4%)	$760,200 → $1,017,100 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,690 → $2,122 (+25.6%)	$2,489 → $3,150 (+26.6%)

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

Oak Park

Population

13,85313,656

Median household income

$132,578$160,484

Median home value

$760,200$1,017,100

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Rio	Oak Park
Under 5	4.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.8%
75 and over	5.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Rio	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	15.6%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	18.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	82.7%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Rio	Oak Park
No high school diploma	31.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	26.4%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Rio	Oak Park
Drove alone	81.4%	66.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	25.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Rio	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	90.2%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	El Rio	Oak Park
Poverty rate	22.0%	3.3%
Average household size	3.74	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1956	1986