Blue Lake vs Fieldbrook

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

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

Blue Lake has the higher population (997 vs 771 in Fieldbrook). Fieldbrook has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $52,813 in Blue Lake). Fieldbrook has the higher median home value ($610,300 vs $460,800 in Blue Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
Population	997	771
Median age	52.4 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$85,833
Median home value	$460,800	$610,300
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,526
Housing units	617	381
Homeownership rate	45.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
Population	902 → 997 (+10.5%)	880 → 771 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $52,813 (-2.1%)	$71,691 → $85,833 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$310,000 → $460,800 (+48.6%)	$423,600 → $610,300 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,247 (+0.5%)	$1,100 → $1,526 (+38.7%)

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

Fieldbrook

Population

880771

Median household income

$71,691$85,833

Median home value

$423,600$610,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,526

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
Under 5	8.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	4.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	16.1%
55 to 64	20.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	22.9%	20.6%
75 and over	5.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
Drove alone	64.6%	60.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.0%	20.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
1-unit, detached	64.8%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Lake	Fieldbrook
Poverty rate	25.4%	7.5%
Average household size	1.81	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1953	1979