Big Lagoon vs Weitchpec

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

Big Lagoon and Weitchpec 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 87 in Weitchpec). Big Lagoon has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $53,125 in Weitchpec). Big Lagoon has the higher median home value ($493,900 vs $216,700 in Weitchpec).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
Population	115	87
Median age	61.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$53,125
Median home value	$493,900	$216,700
Housing units	151	37
Homeownership rate	78.5%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
Population	100 → 115 (+15.0%)	58 → 87 (+50.0%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $56,875 (-11.4%)	$35,313 → $53,125 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$506,600 → $493,900 (-2.5%)	$116,700 → $216,700 (+85.7%)

Big Lagoon

Population

100115

Median household income

$64,167$56,875

Median home value

$506,600$493,900

Weitchpec

Population

5887

Median household income

$35,313$53,125

Median home value

$116,700$216,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	2.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	23.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	25.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	28.7%	16.1%
75 and over	14.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	19.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	72.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
No high school diploma	12.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
Drove alone	27.1%	67.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.0%
Walked	39.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
1-unit, detached	98.7%	62.2%
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	1.3%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Lagoon	Weitchpec
Poverty rate	5.2%	65.5%
Average household size	1.46	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1947	1987