Lucerne vs Nice

A side-by-side comparison of Lucerne and Nice: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lucerne has the higher population (3,156 vs 2,517 in Nice). Nice has the higher median household income ($70,274 vs $47,460 in Lucerne). Lucerne has the higher median home value ($234,400 vs $173,100 in Nice).

Population, income & housing

	Lucerne	Nice
Population	3,156	2,517
Median age	40.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,460	$70,274
Median home value	$234,400	$173,100
Median gross rent	$1,368	$1,328
Housing units	1,984	1,566
Homeownership rate	70.9%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucerne	Nice
Population	2,896 → 3,156 (+9.0%)	2,527 → 2,517 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$44,972 → $47,460 (+5.5%)	$48,288 → $70,274 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $234,400 (+13.0%)	$140,100 → $173,100 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,368 (+66.4%)	$993 → $1,328 (+33.7%)

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

Nice

Population

2,5272,517

Median household income

$48,288$70,274

Median home value

$140,100$173,100

Median gross rent

$993$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucerne	Nice
Under 5	2.7%	11.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	7.4%
18 to 24	15.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	18.4%
75 and over	9.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucerne	Nice
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	63.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucerne	Nice
No high school diploma	9.2%	17.5%
High school graduate	43.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucerne	Nice
Drove alone	64.8%	76.8%
Carpooled	18.4%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	3.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucerne	Nice
1-unit, detached	62.7%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	41.7%

Poverty & households

	Lucerne	Nice
Poverty rate	17.5%	12.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1972	1978