Lake Los Angeles vs Palos Verdes Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Los Angeles and Palos Verdes Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Los Angeles and Palos Verdes Estates are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Los Angeles has the higher population (13,479 vs 13,047 in Palos Verdes Estates). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median household income ($247,500 vs $60,999 in Lake Los Angeles). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $284,800 in Lake Los Angeles).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	13,479	13,047
Median age	31.1 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,999	$247,500
Median home value	$284,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,351	$3,331
Housing units	3,710	5,383
Homeownership rate	72.2%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
Population	11,751 → 13,479 (+14.7%)	13,434 → 13,047 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$45,881 → $60,999 (+33.0%)	$194,543 → $247,500 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$180,200 → $284,800 (+58.0%)	$2,000,000 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,351 (+22.4%)	$2,683 → $3,331 (+24.2%)

Lake Los Angeles

Population

11,75113,479

Median household income

$45,881$60,999

Median home value

$180,200$284,800

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,351

Palos Verdes Estates

Population

13,43413,047

Median household income

$194,543$247,500

Median home value

$2,000,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,683$3,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	28.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.9%
75 and over	3.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	62.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	24.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	64.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
No high school diploma	27.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	39.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
Drove alone	71.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	15.9%	1.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.5%	24.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
1-unit, detached	98.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Los Angeles	Palos Verdes Estates
Poverty rate	13.7%	2.6%
Average household size	3.78	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	44	32
Median year structure built	1983	1963