Soda Bay vs Upper Lake

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

Soda Bay 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 968 in Soda Bay). Upper Lake has the higher median household income ($104,936 vs $96,994 in Soda Bay). Upper Lake has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $330,600 in Soda Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
Population	968	1,204
Median age	58.2 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,994	$104,936
Median home value	$330,600	$344,000
Housing units	690	473
Homeownership rate	91.8%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
Population	878 → 968 (+10.3%)	896 → 1,204 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$57,175 → $96,994 (+69.6%)	$47,375 → $104,936 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$233,800 → $330,600 (+41.4%)	$234,200 → $344,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,472 (+34.1%)	$708 → $595 (-16.0%)

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

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)

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.9%
35 to 44	3.1%	25.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	21.5%
55 to 64	26.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	20.1%	7.1%
75 and over	14.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	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	7.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
No high school diploma	11.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	12.1%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
Drove alone	60.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	24.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
1-unit, detached	87.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Soda Bay	Upper Lake
Poverty rate	4.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1985	1971