Ahwahnee vs Bass Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Ahwahnee and Bass Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ahwahnee has the higher population (1,532 vs 336 in Bass Lake). Bass Lake has the higher median household income ($152,083 vs $65,980 in Ahwahnee). Since 2019, Bass Lake's population has grown faster (-25.2% vs -39.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
Population	1,532	336
Median age	66.3 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,980	$152,083
Median home value	$448,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,617	—
Housing units	835	1,016
Homeownership rate	76.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
Population	2,513 → 1,532 (-39.0%)	449 → 336 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$71,336 → $65,980 (-7.5%)	$96,833 → $152,083 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$312,300 → $448,000 (+43.5%)	$673,300 → $913,500 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $1,617 (+106.0%)	—

Ahwahnee

Population

2,5131,532

Median household income

$71,336$65,980

Median home value

$312,300$448,000

Median gross rent

$785$1,617

Bass Lake

Population

449336

Median household income

$96,833$152,083

Median home value

$673,300$913,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	2.9%	25.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	34.8%	16.1%
75 and over	21.9%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
No high school diploma	7.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.7%	6.4%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	49.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
Drove alone	54.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	28.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	0.0%
Other means	8.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
1-unit, detached	88.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Ahwahnee	Bass Lake
Poverty rate	12.3%	25.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1981	1982