Blue Lake vs Redway

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

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

Redway has the higher population (1,276 vs 997 in Blue Lake). Blue Lake has the higher median home value ($460,800 vs $363,700 in Redway). Since 2019, Blue Lake's population has grown faster (+10.5% vs -6.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Lake	Redway
Population	997	1,276
Median age	52.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	—
Median home value	$460,800	$363,700
Median gross rent	$1,247	$631
Housing units	617	893
Homeownership rate	45.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Lake	Redway
Population	902 → 997 (+10.5%)	1,358 → 1,276 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $52,813 (-2.1%)	$81,713 → $66,378 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$310,000 → $460,800 (+48.6%)	$310,400 → $363,700 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,247 (+0.5%)	—

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

Redway

Population

1,3581,276

Median household income

$81,713$66,378

Median home value

$310,400$363,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Lake	Redway
Under 5	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	20.6%	29.3%
65 to 74	22.9%	18.1%
75 and over	5.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Lake	Redway
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Lake	Redway
No high school diploma	3.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	23.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Lake	Redway
Drove alone	64.6%	61.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	12.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.0%	12.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Lake	Redway
1-unit, detached	64.8%	84.4%
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%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Lake	Redway
Poverty rate	25.4%	30.9%
Average household size	1.81	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1953	1953