Alderpoint vs Big Lagoon

A side-by-side comparison of Alderpoint and Big Lagoon: population, income, housing, and more.

Alderpoint and Big Lagoon are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Lagoon has the higher population (115 vs 62 in Alderpoint). Since 2019, Big Lagoon's population has grown faster (+15.0% vs -60.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
Population	62	115
Median age	—	61.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,875
Median home value	—	$493,900
Housing units	32	151
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
Population	156 → 62 (-60.3%)	100 → 115 (+15.0%)
Median household income	—	$64,167 → $56,875 (-11.4%)
Median home value	—	$506,600 → $493,900 (-2.5%)

Alderpoint

Population

15662

Big Lagoon

Population

100115

Median household income

$64,167$56,875

Median home value

$506,600$493,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	23.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	25.2%
65 to 74	100.0%	28.7%
75 and over	0.0%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
Drove alone	—	27.1%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	39.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	33.3%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Alderpoint	Big Lagoon
Poverty rate	100.0%	5.2%
Average household size	1.94	1.46
Median year structure built	—	1947