Madera vs Yosemite Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Madera and Yosemite Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Madera and Yosemite Lakes are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Madera has the higher population (67,133 vs 5,095 in Yosemite Lakes). Yosemite Lakes has the higher median household income ($100,227 vs $63,619 in Madera). Yosemite Lakes has the higher median home value ($353,700 vs $335,900 in Madera).

Population, income & housing

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
Population	67,133	5,095
Median age	30.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,619	$100,227
Median home value	$335,900	$353,700
Median gross rent	$1,237	$2,204
Housing units	18,543	2,033
Homeownership rate	51.7%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
Population	64,833 → 67,133 (+3.5%)	5,524 → 5,095 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$45,163 → $63,619 (+40.9%)	$74,607 → $100,227 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $335,900 (+49.9%)	$278,500 → $353,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,237 (+21.0%)	$1,427 → $2,204 (+54.4%)

Madera

Population

64,83367,133

Median household income

$45,163$63,619

Median home value

$224,100$335,900

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,237

Yosemite Lakes

Population

5,5245,095

Median household income

$74,607$100,227

Median home value

$278,500$353,700

Median gross rent

$1,427$2,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
Under 5	7.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	23.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	15.2%
75 and over	4.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	65.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	80.2%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
No high school diploma	37.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
Drove alone	70.4%	65.2%
Carpooled	14.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	15.5%
Other means	7.1%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
1-unit, detached	71.2%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Madera	Yosemite Lakes
Poverty rate	26.0%	6.1%
Average household size	3.80	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1991	1992