Blue Lake vs Manila

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

Blue Lake and Manila 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 826 in Manila). Manila has the higher median household income ($58,950 vs $52,813 in Blue Lake). Blue Lake has the higher median home value ($460,800 vs $404,000 in Manila).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Lake	Manila
Population	997	826
Median age	52.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$58,950
Median home value	$460,800	$404,000
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,444
Housing units	617	428
Homeownership rate	45.8%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Lake	Manila
Population	902 → 997 (+10.5%)	793 → 826 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $52,813 (-2.1%)	$42,500 → $58,950 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$310,000 → $460,800 (+48.6%)	$276,100 → $404,000 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,247 (+0.5%)	$1,072 → $1,444 (+34.7%)

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

Manila

Population

793826

Median household income

$42,500$58,950

Median home value

$276,100$404,000

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Lake	Manila
Under 5	8.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	4.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	20.6%	19.9%
65 to 74	22.9%	10.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Lake	Manila
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Lake	Manila
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Lake	Manila
Drove alone	64.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	7.9%
Other means	4.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Lake	Manila
1-unit, detached	64.8%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Lake	Manila
Poverty rate	25.4%	5.4%
Average household size	1.81	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1953	1966