Oakhurst vs Yosemite Lakes

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

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

Yosemite Lakes has the higher population (5,095 vs 4,956 in Oakhurst). Yosemite Lakes has the higher median household income ($100,227 vs $76,606 in Oakhurst). Oakhurst has the higher median home value ($372,500 vs $353,700 in Yosemite Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
Population	4,956	5,095
Median age	55.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,606	$100,227
Median home value	$372,500	$353,700
Median gross rent	$1,300	$2,204
Housing units	2,965	2,033
Homeownership rate	83.2%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
Population	3,446 → 4,956 (+43.8%)	5,524 → 5,095 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$44,310 → $76,606 (+72.9%)	$74,607 → $100,227 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$247,600 → $372,500 (+50.4%)	$278,500 → $353,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,300 (+13.6%)	$1,427 → $2,204 (+54.4%)

Oakhurst

Population

3,4464,956

Median household income

$44,310$76,606

Median home value

$247,600$372,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,300

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)

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
Under 5	3.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	15.2%
75 and over	13.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
No high school diploma	9.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
Drove alone	75.5%	65.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	15.5%
Other means	4.3%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
1-unit, detached	77.3%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakhurst	Yosemite Lakes
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1980	1992