Davis vs Esparto

A side-by-side comparison of Davis and Esparto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Davis has the higher population (66,801 vs 3,744 in Esparto). Esparto has the higher median household income ($104,706 vs $87,421 in Davis). Davis has the higher median home value ($829,000 vs $469,200 in Esparto).

Population, income & housing

	Davis	Esparto
Population	66,801	3,744
Median age	27.2 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,421	$104,706
Median home value	$829,000	$469,200
Median gross rent	$2,043	$1,439
Housing units	27,805	1,290
Homeownership rate	43.5%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis	Esparto
Population	68,543 → 66,801 (-2.5%)	3,272 → 3,744 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$69,379 → $87,421 (+26.0%)	$75,833 → $104,706 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$652,300 → $829,000 (+27.1%)	$313,500 → $469,200 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $2,043 (+30.4%)	$1,281 → $1,439 (+12.3%)

Davis

Population

68,54366,801

Median household income

$69,379$87,421

Median home value

$652,300$829,000

Median gross rent

$1,567$2,043

Esparto

Population

3,2723,744

Median household income

$75,833$104,706

Median home value

$313,500$469,200

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Davis	Esparto
Under 5	2.7%	12.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	21.7%
18 to 24	32.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.0%
75 and over	5.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis	Esparto
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	40.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	23.9%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	40.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis	Esparto
No high school diploma	3.2%	13.9%
High school graduate	7.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis	Esparto
Drove alone	52.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.4%
Public transit	5.0%	3.3%
Walked	3.3%	10.8%
Bicycle	12.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	2.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis	Esparto
1-unit, detached	43.2%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	14.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Davis	Esparto
Poverty rate	25.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.49	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1983	1993