Nice vs Upper Lake

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

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

Nice has the higher population (2,517 vs 1,204 in Upper Lake). Upper Lake has the higher median household income ($104,936 vs $70,274 in Nice). Upper Lake has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $173,100 in Nice).

Population, income & housing

	Nice	Upper Lake
Population	2,517	1,204
Median age	47.6 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,274	$104,936
Median home value	$173,100	$344,000
Median gross rent	$1,328	—
Housing units	1,566	473
Homeownership rate	58.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nice	Upper Lake
Population	2,527 → 2,517 (-0.4%)	896 → 1,204 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$48,288 → $70,274 (+45.5%)	$47,375 → $104,936 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $173,100 (+23.6%)	$234,200 → $344,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,328 (+33.7%)	$708 → $595 (-16.0%)

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

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)

	Nice	Upper Lake
Under 5	11.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	7.4%	7.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	4.8%	3.9%
35 to 44	17.6%	25.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	21.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	7.1%
75 and over	10.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nice	Upper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nice	Upper Lake
No high school diploma	17.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	27.1%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nice	Upper Lake
Drove alone	76.8%	81.9%
Carpooled	17.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nice	Upper Lake
1-unit, detached	47.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Nice	Upper Lake
Poverty rate	12.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1978	1971