Big Lagoon vs Samoa

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

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

Samoa has the higher population (163 vs 115 in Big Lagoon). Big Lagoon has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $44,569 in Samoa). Since 2019, Big Lagoon's population has grown faster (+15.0% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
Population	115	163
Median age	61.5 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$44,569
Median home value	$493,900	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,131
Housing units	151	93
Homeownership rate	78.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
Population	100 → 115 (+15.0%)	212 → 163 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $56,875 (-11.4%)	$41,094 → $44,569 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$506,600 → $493,900 (-2.5%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,155 → $1,131 (-2.1%)

Big Lagoon

Population

100115

Median household income

$64,167$56,875

Median home value

$506,600$493,900

Samoa

Population

212163

Median household income

$41,094$44,569

Median gross rent

$1,155$1,131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	32.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	2.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	23.5%	3.1%
55 to 64	25.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	28.7%	14.1%
75 and over	14.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	65.0%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	11.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	33.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
No high school diploma	12.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
Drove alone	27.1%	62.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	39.6%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
1-unit, detached	98.7%	95.7%
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%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Lagoon	Samoa
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.7%
Average household size	1.46	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	1947	1938