Hidden Valley Lake vs Lucerne

A side-by-side comparison of Hidden Valley Lake and Lucerne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hidden Valley Lake has the higher population (5,896 vs 3,156 in Lucerne). Hidden Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($72,365 vs $47,460 in Lucerne). Hidden Valley Lake has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $234,400 in Lucerne).

Population, income & housing

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
Population	5,896	3,156
Median age	50.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,365	$47,460
Median home value	$394,900	$234,400
Median gross rent	$2,261	$1,368
Housing units	2,549	1,984
Homeownership rate	85.2%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
Population	5,539 → 5,896 (+6.4%)	2,896 → 3,156 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$70,406 → $72,365 (+2.8%)	$44,972 → $47,460 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$316,000 → $394,900 (+25.0%)	$207,400 → $234,400 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,608 → $2,261 (+40.6%)	$822 → $1,368 (+66.4%)

Hidden Valley Lake

Population

5,5395,896

Median household income

$70,406$72,365

Median home value

$316,000$394,900

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,261

Lucerne

Population

2,8963,156

Median household income

$44,972$47,460

Median home value

$207,400$234,400

Median gross rent

$822$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
Under 5	5.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	15.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.0%	15.3%
75 and over	13.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
Drove alone	64.6%	64.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	15.7%
Other means	2.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
1-unit, detached	93.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Hidden Valley Lake	Lucerne
Poverty rate	8.7%	17.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1992	1972