The unincorporated community was named for Elverta Dike, whose husband donated property to a local church.

[9] The Elverta/Rio Linda community is located on part of the Rancho Del Paso Mexican land grant of 1844.

In 1910, a Fruit Land Company of Minneapolis acquired 12,000 acres (49 km2) of the Grant and in 1912 the area was subdivided.

[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the unincorporated community has a total area of 8.842 square miles (22.90 km2).

259 households (14.9%) were made up of individuals, and 83 (4.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 1,839 housing units at an average density of 208.0 per square mile (80.3/km2), of which 1,389 (79.8%) were owner-occupied, and 352 (20.2%) were occupied by renters.

As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 6,178 people, 1,898 households, and 1,573 families residing in the Unincorporated community.

11.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The western half of the census-designated place is within the Elverta Joint Elementary School District,[14] which includes portions of Sacramento and Placer counties.

[14] Residents of the eastern half of the CDP are zoned to Center Joint Unified School District.