Lower Lake vs Soda Bay

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

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

Soda Bay has the higher population (968 vs 598 in Lower Lake). Soda Bay has the higher median home value ($330,600 vs $236,800 in Lower Lake). Since 2019, Soda Bay's population has grown faster (+10.3% vs -55.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
Population	598	968
Median age	54.2 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$96,994
Median home value	$236,800	$330,600
Median gross rent	$1,011	—
Housing units	428	690
Homeownership rate	36.9%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
Population	1,355 → 598 (-55.9%)	878 → 968 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $35,930 (+10.6%)	$57,175 → $96,994 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$94,500 → $236,800 (+150.6%)	$233,800 → $330,600 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,278 → $1,011 (-20.9%)	$1,098 → $1,472 (+34.1%)

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

Soda Bay

Population

878968

Median household income

$57,175$96,994

Median home value

$233,800$330,600

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,472

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	3.1%
45 to 54	20.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	26.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	20.1%
75 and over	16.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.8%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	14.9%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
Drove alone	96.7%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	24.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
1-unit, detached	51.6%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Lower Lake	Soda Bay
Poverty rate	26.7%	4.0%
Average household size	1.70	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1992	1985