Irwindale vs Lake Hughes

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

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

Irwindale has the higher population (1,352 vs 875 in Lake Hughes). Irwindale has the higher median household income ($113,250 vs $110,438 in Lake Hughes). Irwindale has the higher median home value ($645,800 vs $519,400 in Lake Hughes).

Population, income & housing

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
Population	1,352	875
Median age	33.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,250	$110,438
Median home value	$645,800	$519,400
Median gross rent	$2,083	$2,031
Housing units	431	344
Homeownership rate	82.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
Population	1,394 → 1,352 (-3.0%)	520 → 875 (+68.3%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $113,250 (+56.2%)	$96,563 → $110,438 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$430,200 → $645,800 (+50.1%)	$335,600 → $519,400 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $2,083 (+56.3%)	$1,114 → $2,031 (+82.3%)

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

Lake Hughes

Population

520875

Median household income

$96,563$110,438

Median home value

$335,600$519,400

Median gross rent

$1,114$2,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
Under 5	5.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	22.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	6.6%	5.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	20.2%
75 and over	9.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
White (non-Hispanic)	5.5%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	92.3%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
No high school diploma	15.4%	16.2%
High school graduate	28.1%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
Drove alone	77.4%	87.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
1-unit, detached	93.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Irwindale	Lake Hughes
Poverty rate	6.3%	10.7%
Average household size	3.20	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	45
Median year structure built	1987	1972