Blue Lake vs Willow Creek

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

Blue Lake and Willow Creek 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 949 in Willow Creek). Blue Lake has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $43,056 in Willow Creek). Blue Lake has the higher median home value ($460,800 vs $335,100 in Willow Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
Population	997	949
Median age	52.4 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$43,056
Median home value	$460,800	$335,100
Median gross rent	$1,247	—
Housing units	617	968
Homeownership rate	45.8%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
Population	902 → 997 (+10.5%)	1,513 → 949 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $52,813 (-2.1%)	$65,433 → $43,056 (-34.2%)
Median home value	$310,000 → $460,800 (+48.6%)	$300,000 → $335,100 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,247 (+0.5%)	$996 → $1,865 (+87.2%)

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

Willow Creek

Population

1,513949

Median household income

$65,433$43,056

Median home value

$300,000$335,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
Under 5	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	2.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	43.6%
65 to 74	22.9%	19.8%
75 and over	5.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	5.5%
Some other race	0.2%	3.7%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	3.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	23.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
Drove alone	64.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	14.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	20.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	64.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Lake	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	25.4%	19.9%
Average household size	1.81	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1953	1977