Blue Lake vs Garberville

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

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

Garberville has the higher population (1,568 vs 997 in Blue Lake). Blue Lake has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $37,760 in Garberville). Blue Lake has the higher median home value ($460,800 vs $418,000 in Garberville).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Lake	Garberville
Population	997	1,568
Median age	52.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$37,760
Median home value	$460,800	$418,000
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,185
Housing units	617	730
Homeownership rate	45.8%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Lake	Garberville
Population	902 → 997 (+10.5%)	913 → 1,568 (+71.7%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $52,813 (-2.1%)	$25,705 → $37,760 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$310,000 → $460,800 (+48.6%)	$404,500 → $418,000 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,247 (+0.5%)	$929 → $1,185 (+27.6%)

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

Garberville

Population

9131,568

Median household income

$25,705$37,760

Median home value

$404,500$418,000

Median gross rent

$929$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Lake	Garberville
Under 5	8.6%	11.7%
5 to 17	4.2%	10.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	23.5%
55 to 64	20.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	22.9%	6.2%
75 and over	5.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Lake	Garberville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	4.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Lake	Garberville
No high school diploma	3.3%	20.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Lake	Garberville
Drove alone	64.6%	47.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	31.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	20.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	1.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Lake	Garberville
1-unit, detached	64.8%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Lake	Garberville
Poverty rate	25.4%	38.7%
Average household size	1.81	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1953	1974