Blue Lake vs Hydesville

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

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

Hydesville has the higher population (1,144 vs 997 in Blue Lake). Hydesville has the higher median household income ($85,179 vs $52,813 in Blue Lake). Hydesville has the higher median home value ($489,100 vs $460,800 in Blue Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
Population	997	1,144
Median age	52.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$85,179
Median home value	$460,800	$489,100
Median gross rent	$1,247	$850
Housing units	617	516
Homeownership rate	45.8%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
Population	902 → 997 (+10.5%)	1,063 → 1,144 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $52,813 (-2.1%)	$58,500 → $85,179 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$310,000 → $460,800 (+48.6%)	$485,400 → $489,100 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,247 (+0.5%)	$994 → $850 (-14.5%)

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

Hydesville

Population

1,0631,144

Median household income

$58,500$85,179

Median home value

$485,400$489,100

Median gross rent

$994$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
Under 5	8.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	4.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	19.6%
55 to 64	20.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	22.9%	15.9%
75 and over	5.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
Drove alone	64.6%	70.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	1.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	19.7%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
1-unit, detached	64.8%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Blue Lake	Hydesville
Poverty rate	25.4%	17.4%
Average household size	1.81	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1953	1982