Elizabeth Lake vs Irwindale

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabeth Lake and Irwindale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elizabeth Lake has the higher population (1,677 vs 1,352 in Irwindale). Irwindale has the higher median household income ($113,250 vs $102,333 in Elizabeth Lake). Irwindale has the higher median home value ($645,800 vs $381,500 in Elizabeth Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
Population	1,677	1,352
Median age	35.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,333	$113,250
Median home value	$381,500	$645,800
Median gross rent	$1,833	$2,083
Housing units	787	431
Homeownership rate	86.8%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
Population	1,744 → 1,677 (-3.8%)	1,394 → 1,352 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$63,621 → $102,333 (+60.8%)	$72,500 → $113,250 (+56.2%)
Median home value	$281,900 → $381,500 (+35.3%)	$430,200 → $645,800 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,833 (+34.5%)	$1,333 → $2,083 (+56.3%)

Elizabeth Lake

Population

1,7441,677

Median household income

$63,621$102,333

Median home value

$281,900$381,500

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,833

Irwindale

Population

1,3941,352

Median household income

$72,500$113,250

Median home value

$430,200$645,800

Median gross rent

$1,333$2,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	24.6%	22.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	6.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.5%
75 and over	6.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	5.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	92.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
No high school diploma	4.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	27.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
Drove alone	77.9%	77.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.4%
Public transit	5.2%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
1-unit, detached	98.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth Lake	Irwindale
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.49	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	45	26
Median year structure built	1983	1987