Lake Isabella vs Old Stine

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Isabella and Old Stine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Stine has the higher population (3,756 vs 3,654 in Lake Isabella). Old Stine has the higher median household income ($65,026 vs $26,763 in Lake Isabella). Old Stine has the higher median home value ($233,500 vs $112,200 in Lake Isabella).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
Population	3,654	3,756
Median age	36.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,763	$65,026
Median home value	$112,200	$233,500
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,563
Housing units	2,117	1,161
Homeownership rate	61.8%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
Population	3,495 → 3,654 (+4.5%)	3,477 → 3,756 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$35,500 → $26,763 (-24.6%)	$48,234 → $65,026 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $112,200 (+33.1%)	$167,300 → $233,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,138 (+31.9%)	$950 → $1,563 (+64.5%)

Lake Isabella

Population

3,4953,654

Median household income

$35,500$26,763

Median home value

$84,300$112,200

Median gross rent

$863$1,138

Old Stine

Population

3,4773,756

Median household income

$48,234$65,026

Median home value

$167,300$233,500

Median gross rent

$950$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
Under 5	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	27.3%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.2%
75 and over	10.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	33.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
No high school diploma	8.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	50.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
Drove alone	86.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	11.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
1-unit, detached	38.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	55.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Isabella	Old Stine
Poverty rate	38.6%	26.2%
Average household size	2.32	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1970	1957