Lower Lake vs Spring Valley

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

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

Spring Valley has the higher population (775 vs 598 in Lower Lake). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($358,900 vs $236,800 in Lower Lake). Since 2019, Spring Valley's population has grown faster (-29.2% vs -55.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
Population	598	775
Median age	54.2 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,816
Median home value	$236,800	$358,900
Median gross rent	$1,011	$1,420
Housing units	428	404
Homeownership rate	36.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
Population	1,355 → 598 (-55.9%)	1,094 → 775 (-29.2%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $35,930 (+10.6%)	$56,017 → $43,816 (-21.8%)
Median home value	$94,500 → $236,800 (+150.6%)	$259,600 → $358,900 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,278 → $1,011 (-20.9%)	$1,196 → $1,420 (+18.7%)

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

Spring Valley

Population

1,094775

Median household income

$56,017$43,816

Median home value

$259,600$358,900

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,420

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
Under 5	3.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	6.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	20.4%	2.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	23.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	20.8%
75 and over	16.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.6%
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%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	33.8%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	14.9%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
Drove alone	96.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	51.6%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
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%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Lower Lake	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	26.7%	19.9%
Average household size	1.70	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1992	1997