El Rio vs Oak View

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

El Rio and Oak View 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 5,984 in Oak View). Oak View has the higher median household income ($109,856 vs $83,233 in El Rio). Oak View has the higher median home value ($709,300 vs $639,600 in El Rio).

Population, income & housing

	El Rio	Oak View
Population	6,343	5,984
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,233	$109,856
Median home value	$639,600	$709,300
Median gross rent	$2,122	$2,463
Housing units	1,732	2,290
Homeownership rate	57.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Rio	Oak View
Population	6,297 → 6,343 (+0.7%)	4,598 → 5,984 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$62,480 → $83,233 (+33.2%)	$82,500 → $109,856 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$469,000 → $639,600 (+36.4%)	$539,500 → $709,300 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,690 → $2,122 (+25.6%)	$1,351 → $2,463 (+82.3%)

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 View

Population

4,5985,984

Median household income

$82,500$109,856

Median home value

$539,500$709,300

Median gross rent

$1,351$2,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Rio	Oak View
Under 5	4.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	16.2%
75 and over	5.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Rio	Oak View
White (non-Hispanic)	15.6%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	82.7%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Rio	Oak View
No high school diploma	31.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Rio	Oak View
Drove alone	81.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Rio	Oak View
1-unit, detached	90.2%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	El Rio	Oak View
Poverty rate	22.0%	9.7%
Average household size	3.74	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1956	1965