Esparto vs West Sacramento

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

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

West Sacramento has the higher population (54,496 vs 3,744 in Esparto). Esparto has the higher median household income ($104,706 vs $90,791 in West Sacramento). West Sacramento has the higher median home value ($497,100 vs $469,200 in Esparto).

Population, income & housing

	Esparto	West Sacramento
Population	3,744	54,496
Median age	31.2 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,706	$90,791
Median home value	$469,200	$497,100
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,568
Housing units	1,290	20,282
Homeownership rate	68.8%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esparto	West Sacramento
Population	3,272 → 3,744 (+14.4%)	53,151 → 54,496 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$75,833 → $104,706 (+38.1%)	$70,699 → $90,791 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$313,500 → $469,200 (+49.7%)	$349,800 → $497,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,439 (+12.3%)	$1,026 → $1,568 (+52.8%)

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

West Sacramento

Population

53,15154,496

Median household income

$70,699$90,791

Median home value

$349,800$497,100

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Esparto	West Sacramento
Under 5	12.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.7%
75 and over	3.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esparto	West Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	41.1%
Black or African American	11.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	3.3%	12.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esparto	West Sacramento
No high school diploma	13.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	27.7%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esparto	West Sacramento
Drove alone	74.4%	65.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.3%
Public transit	3.3%	1.1%
Walked	10.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.4%	18.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esparto	West Sacramento
1-unit, detached	64.6%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Esparto	West Sacramento
Poverty rate	13.6%	13.4%
Average household size	3.50	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1993	1987