Lower Lake vs Middletown

A side-by-side comparison of Lower Lake and Middletown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Middletown has the higher population (1,659 vs 598 in Lower Lake). Middletown has the higher median home value ($481,900 vs $236,800 in Lower Lake). Since 2019, Middletown's population has grown faster (+124.5% vs -55.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Lake	Middletown
Population	598	1,659
Median age	54.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$170,605
Median home value	$236,800	$481,900
Median gross rent	$1,011	$2,197
Housing units	428	781
Homeownership rate	36.9%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Lake	Middletown
Population	1,355 → 598 (-55.9%)	739 → 1,659 (+124.5%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $35,930 (+10.6%)	$144,696 → $170,605 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$94,500 → $236,800 (+150.6%)	$2,000,001 → $481,900 (-75.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,278 → $1,011 (-20.9%)	$1,506 → $2,197 (+45.9%)

Lower Lake

Population

1,355598

Median household income

$32,500$35,930

Median home value

$94,500$236,800

Median gross rent

$1,278$1,011

Middletown

Population

7391,659

Median household income

$144,696$170,605

Median home value

$2,000,001$481,900

Median gross rent

$1,506$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Lake	Middletown
Under 5	3.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	6.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	5.5%
45 to 54	20.4%	21.7%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.4%
75 and over	16.7%	0.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Lake	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	61.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.8%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Lake	Middletown
No high school diploma	8.8%	27.7%
High school graduate	14.9%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Lake	Middletown
Drove alone	96.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Lake	Middletown
1-unit, detached	51.6%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Lake	Middletown
Poverty rate	26.7%	10.0%
Average household size	1.70	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1992	1984