Kernville vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Kernville and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeside has the higher population (734 vs 688 in Kernville). Since 2019, Kernville's population has grown faster (+3.8% vs -24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Kernville	Lakeside
Population	688	734
Median age	65.6 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,489	—
Median home value	$357,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,254
Housing units	767	336
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	23.7%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kernville	Lakeside
Population	663 → 688 (+3.8%)	969 → 734 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$23,288 → $49,489 (+112.5%)	—
Median home value	$232,300 → $357,100 (+53.7%)	$349,100 → $396,400 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,338 → $1,254 (-6.3%)

Kernville

Population

663688

Median household income

$23,288$49,489

Median home value

$232,300$357,100

Lakeside

Population

969734

Median home value

$349,100$396,400

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kernville	Lakeside
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.4%	10.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	1.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	27.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	43.2%	21.1%
75 and over	14.4%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kernville	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	55.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kernville	Lakeside
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.6%
High school graduate	4.7%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	44.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kernville	Lakeside
Drove alone	81.3%	97.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kernville	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	61.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Kernville	Lakeside
Poverty rate	2.5%	27.0%
Average household size	1.52	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	62	23
Median year structure built	1981	1977