Elkhorn, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Elkhorn CDP is a small town in California, with 1,201 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1015 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 37% of them. The median age here is 38.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Elkhorn CDP earn a median of $124,464 a year, 58.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 37% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 1.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Elkhorn CDP is valued at $774,600, 155.3% above the national figure and 31% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,479 a month, 76.3% above the national figure, or roughly $29,748 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 6.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 78.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Home values sit at 6.2× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.