Blue Lake vs Ferndale

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Lake and Ferndale: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Lake and Ferndale are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ferndale has the higher population (1,525 vs 997 in Blue Lake). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($62,090 vs $52,813 in Blue Lake). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($496,000 vs $460,800 in Blue Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
Population	997	1,525
Median age	52.4 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$62,090
Median home value	$460,800	$496,000
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,150
Housing units	617	812
Homeownership rate	45.8%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
Population	902 → 997 (+10.5%)	1,377 → 1,525 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $52,813 (-2.1%)	$50,897 → $62,090 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$310,000 → $460,800 (+48.6%)	$410,800 → $496,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,247 (+0.5%)	$1,130 → $1,150 (+1.8%)

Blue Lake

Population

902997

Median household income

$53,929$52,813

Median home value

$310,000$460,800

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,247

Ferndale

Population

1,3771,525

Median household income

$50,897$62,090

Median home value

$410,800$496,000

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
Under 5	8.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	14.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	20.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	22.9%	15.3%
75 and over	5.3%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	23.6%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
Drove alone	64.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	14.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
1-unit, detached	64.8%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Lake	Ferndale
Poverty rate	25.4%	13.2%
Average household size	1.81	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1953	1952