Lower Lake vs Upper Lake

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

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

Upper Lake has the higher population (1,204 vs 598 in Lower Lake). Upper Lake has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $236,800 in Lower Lake). Since 2019, Upper Lake's population has grown faster (+34.4% vs -55.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Lake	Upper Lake
Population	598	1,204
Median age	54.2 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$104,936
Median home value	$236,800	$344,000
Median gross rent	$1,011	—
Housing units	428	473
Homeownership rate	36.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Lake	Upper Lake
Population	1,355 → 598 (-55.9%)	896 → 1,204 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $35,930 (+10.6%)	$47,375 → $104,936 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$94,500 → $236,800 (+150.6%)	$234,200 → $344,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,278 → $1,011 (-20.9%)	$708 → $595 (-16.0%)

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

Upper Lake

Population

8961,204

Median household income

$47,375$104,936

Median home value

$234,200$344,000

Median gross rent

$708$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Lake	Upper Lake
Under 5	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	6.9%	7.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	3.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	25.4%
45 to 54	20.4%	21.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.1%
75 and over	16.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Lake	Upper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
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%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.8%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Lake	Upper Lake
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	14.9%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Lake	Upper Lake
Drove alone	96.7%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
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	Upper Lake
1-unit, detached	51.6%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Lower Lake	Upper Lake
Poverty rate	26.7%	8.5%
Average household size	1.70	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1992	1971