Housing density: 3,722 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $270,615.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,843 (lower quartile is $1,342, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,532
Median gross rent in Elk Grove, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Elk Grove with a mortgage: 26,750 (2,104 second mortgage, 199 home equity loan, 1,513 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 284
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $142,588
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $104,685
27,985 married couples with children.
9,904 single-parent households (2,437 men, 7,467 women).
61.0% of residents of Elk Grove speak English at home.
9.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
7.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
21.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 47,153 (26.6%)
(74.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 86.7% Number of people working at home: 17,980 (21.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 303
5 to 9 minutes: 3,696
10 to 14 minutes: 5,785
15 to 19 minutes: 10,934
20 to 24 minutes: 7,428
25 to 29 minutes: 4,924
30 to 34 minutes: 10,849
35 to 39 minutes: 1,786
40 to 44 minutes: 3,633
45 to 59 minutes: 6,488
60 to 89 minutes: 1,945
90 or more minutes: 3,430
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 32,151 (58.4%)
Carpooled: 5,354 (9.7%)
Bus: 29 (0.1%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 4 (0.0%)
Taxi: 1,028 (1.9%)
Bicycle: 161 (0.3%)
Walked: 641 (1.2%)
Worked at home: 17,980 (32.7%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.4%Males
4.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
9.4%Males
6.4%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
5.4%Males
4.8%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
7.8%Males
3.2%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.0%Males
1.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
10.7%Males
4.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
0.8%Males
0.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Elk Grove, California
10,6892010 or later
9,1212000 to 2009
9,7261990 to 1999
3,7621980 to 1989
1,9841970 to 1979
1,108Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 2,823 (2.9%)
English: 2,679 (2.8%)
German: 2,472 (2.6%)
Italian: 2,173 (2.2%)
Afghan: 1,536 (1.6%)
Irish: 1,536 (1.6%)
European: 1,469 (1.5%)
Portuguese: 1,013 (1.0%)
Russian: 829 (0.9%)
African: 683 (0.7%)
Nigerian: 681 (0.7%)
Ethiopian: 674 (0.7%)
Swiss: 597 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 499 (0.5%)
Scottish: 404 (0.4%)
Dutch: 298 (0.3%)
Polish: 278 (0.3%)
Arab: 264 (0.3%)
Ghanaian: 242 (0.2%)
Iranian: 222 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 195 (0.2%)
Jordanian: 192 (0.2%)
British: 186 (0.2%)
Greek: 173 (0.2%)
French: 165 (0.2%)
Swedish: 164 (0.2%)
Northern European: 150 (0.2%)
Danish: 139 (0.1%)
Eastern European: 130 (0.1%)
Yugoslavian: 129 (0.1%)
Palestinian: 123 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 114 (0.1%)
Basque: 103 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 97 (0.1%)
Lebanese: 84 (0.09%)
Kenyan: 73 (0.08%)
Belgian: 68 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 66 (0.07%)
Czech: 64 (0.07%)
Guyanese: 62 (0.06%)
Cape Verdean: 56 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 56 (0.06%)
Albanian: 55 (0.06%)
Liberian: 54 (0.06%)
Turkish: 52 (0.05%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 51 (0.05%)
Romanian: 49 (0.05%)
French Canadian: 46 (0.05%)
Bulgarian: 40 (0.04%)
Syrian: 39 (0.04%)
Welsh: 38 (0.04%)
Canadian: 36 (0.04%)
Scandinavian: 35 (0.04%)
Moroccan: 33 (0.03%)
Czechoslovakian: 32 (0.03%)
Brazilian: 32 (0.03%)
Estonian: 29 (0.03%)
Ugandan: 28 (0.03%)
Jamaican: 27 (0.03%)
Latvian: 24 (0.02%)
Finnish: 15 (0.02%)
Macedonian: 15 (0.02%)
Armenian: 15 (0.02%)
Croatian: 11 (0.01%)
Slovak: 10 (0.01%)
Austrian: 10 (0.01%)
British West Indian: 10 (0.01%)
Haitian: 10 (0.01%)
Slovene: 7 (0.01%)
Slavic: 6 (0.01%)
Iraqi: 6 (0.01%)
Assyrian: 5 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Philippines
Elk Grove:
20.0% (8,889)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Vietnam
Elk Grove:
14.4% (6,395)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Mexico
Elk Grove:
11.4% (5,059)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
India
Elk Grove:
9.3% (4,141)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Elk Grove:
8.8% (3,929)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Afghanistan
Elk Grove:
5.3% (2,371)
California:
0.5% (53,260)
Fiji
Elk Grove:
3.7% (1,667)
California:
0.3% (33,937)
Laos
Elk Grove:
2.1% (954)
California:
0.5% (48,911)
Hong Kong
Elk Grove:
1.8% (783)
California:
1.0% (105,215)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 104,833
Other state: 23,781
Northeast: 3,768
Midwest: 5,989
South: 8,621
West: 5,403
88.8% of Elk Grove residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 32.3% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 88.2% lived in California.
Elk Grove:
88.8%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2,300
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 379
7th and 8th grade: 73
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 86
11th grade: 114
12th grade, no diploma: 2,205
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,933
Less than 1 year of college: 4,293
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,435
Associate degree: 5,548
Bachelor's degree: 14,279
Master's degree: 4,789
Professional school degree: 864
Doctorate degree: 1,009
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 3,983
Nursery to 4th grade: 419
5th and 6th grade: 404
7th and 8th grade: 497
9th grade: 112
10th grade: 475
11th grade: 548
12th grade, no diploma: 1,170
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,833
Less than 1 year of college: 5,531
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,211
Associate degree: 6,601
Bachelor's degree: 17,400
Master's degree: 4,340
Professional school degree: 1,701
Doctorate degree: 1,357
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 48,168
One, attached: 1,632
Two: 232
3 or 4: 1,036
5 to 9: 889
10 to 19: 752
20 to 49: 643
50 or more: 2,582
Mobile homes: 509
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 128
Median worth of mobile homes: $147,600
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago