
California · Census place 18674
Del Rey, CA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Del Rey, California (Del Rey, CA — Census place “Del Rey CDP”) is 1,513 residents, ranking #960 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $57,292, the median home is worth $181,800 and median gross rent runs $763 a month. Looking for the Del Rey California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Del Rey, CA: 93616.
- Population
- 1,513Del Rey CDP residents
- Median household income
- $57,292Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $181,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $763Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 55.9%Owner-occupied households
Del Rey ZIP codes (California)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Del Rey.
The Del Rey CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Del Rey CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Del Rey CDP median would spend about 16% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.8% of residents and 55.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Del Rey CDP, CA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Del Rey CDP is a small town in California, with 1,513 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #960 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 40% of them. The median age here is 32.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Del Rey CDP earn a median of $57,292 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 24.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Del Rey CDP is valued at $181,800, 40.1% below the national figure and 69% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $763 a month, 45.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,156 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 55.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Del Rey CDP?
- Del Rey CDP has 1,513 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #960 of 1,618 in California.
- What is the median household income in Del Rey CDP?
- Median household income in Del Rey CDP is $57,292 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Del Rey CDP?
- Median gross rent is $763 a month and the median home value is $181,800, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.
- Is Del Rey CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Del Rey CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Del Rey CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.