Inyokern vs Lake of the Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Inyokern and Lake of the Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inyokern has the higher population (958 vs 875 in Lake of the Woods). Inyokern has the higher median household income ($68,373 vs $48,958 in Lake of the Woods). Inyokern has the higher median home value ($311,700 vs $302,900 in Lake of the Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
Population	958	875
Median age	55.9 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,373	$48,958
Median home value	$311,700	$302,900
Median gross rent	$906	$1,346
Housing units	496	536
Homeownership rate	70.3%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	21.9%	27.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
Population	696 → 958 (+37.6%)	931 → 875 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $68,373 (-6.8%)	$45,774 → $48,958 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$171,300 → $311,700 (+82.0%)	$173,900 → $302,900 (+74.2%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $906 (+9.8%)	$722 → $1,346 (+86.4%)

Inyokern

Population

696958

Median household income

$73,333$68,373

Median home value

$171,300$311,700

Median gross rent

$825$906

Lake of the Woods

Population

931875

Median household income

$45,774$48,958

Median home value

$173,900$302,900

Median gross rent

$722$1,346

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
Under 5	4.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	3.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	40.3%	24.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.1%
75 and over	5.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
No high school diploma	4.7%	16.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	56.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
Drove alone	97.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
1-unit, detached	51.6%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.9%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Inyokern	Lake of the Woods
Poverty rate	17.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1983	1980