Demographics of Rolling Hills Estates city, California

Rolling Hills Estates city, California had 7,948 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −325 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Rolling Hills Estates city, in four figures

7,948
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 8,131 ±33.; −3.9%
Change since July 2020: −325 people.; 48.3 ±1.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $191,895 ±$33,073
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Rolling Hills Estates city, California's population shrank 3.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Rolling Hills Estates city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Rolling Hills Estates city, California's population shrank 3.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Rolling Hills Estates city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	8,273	100.0	100.0
2021	8,176	98.8	100.2
2022	8,126	98.2	100.7
2023	8,067	97.5	101.6
2024	8,016	96.9	102.5
2025	7,948	96.1	103.1

Population of Rolling Hills Estates city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	8,273	—
2021	8,176	−97
2022	8,126	−50
2023	8,067	−59
2024	8,016	−51
2025	7,948	−68

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 48.3 ±1.9: for men 45.5 ±6.1 and for women 48.8 ±3.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Rolling Hills Estates city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	130 ±61	1.6% ±0.7	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,447 ±283	17.8% ±3.5	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	340 to 1,198	4.2% to 14.7%	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,342 ±261	16.5% ±3.2	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,292 ±382	28.2% ±4.7	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,151 ±306	26.5% ±3.8	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $191,895 ±$33,073, and income per person $88,336 ±$15,255, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Rolling Hills Estates city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	245 ±109	8.8% ±3.9	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	115 ±51	4.1% ±1.8	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	90 to 464	3.3% to 16.7%	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	110 ±49	4.0% ±1.7	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	361 ±107	13.0% ±3.7	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	312 ±106	11.3% ±3.7	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,353 ±260	48.8% ±8.2	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Rolling Hills Estates city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	130 to 390	1.6% to 4.8%	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 68	0% to 4.3%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	33 to 251	0.9% to 6.5%	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	41 to 137	1.6% to 4.9%	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Rolling Hills Estates city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Rolling Hills Estates city	California	United States
Housing units	3,091 ±289	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.7% ±11.8	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.3% ±3.7	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	87.6% ±1.0	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	12.4% ±3.5	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$1,692,600 ±$142,983	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1970 ±3	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Rolling Hills Estates city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	381 ±154	4.7% ±1.9	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,739 ±655	58.3% ±8.1	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 353	0% to 4.3%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,996 ±466	24.5% ±5.7	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 47	0% to 0.6%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	842 ±327	10.4% ±4.0	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Rolling Hills Estates city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	3,935 ±411	48.4% ±5.1	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,025 ±238	24.9% ±2.9	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	77 to 335	0.9% to 4.1%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,965 ±453	24.2% ±5.6	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,323 ±293	16.3% ±3.6	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	302 to 982	3.7% to 12.1%	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Rolling Hills Estates city among the places of California

537th of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Rolling Hills Estates city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Los Altos Hills town	8,377 ±75
Alondra Park CDP	8,373 ±673
Highgrove CDP	8,366 ±1,650
Orland city	8,357 ±29
Corning city	8,155 ±21
Rolling Hills Estates city	8,131 ±33
Interlaken CDP	8,068 ±1,019
Pismo Beach city	8,014 ±28
Midway City CDP	7,999 ±1,252
Bermuda Dunes CDP	7,971 ±734
Gold River CDP	7,924 ±892

Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Places by median home value
No. 2 Places in California by median home value
No. 3 Places in California by median household income
No. 7 Places by median household income
No. 12 Places in California by homeownership rate
No. 22 Places in California by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026