Lake Don Pedro vs Yosemite Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Don Pedro and Yosemite Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yosemite Valley has the higher population (1,848 vs 1,157 in Lake Don Pedro). Since 2019, Yosemite Valley's population has grown faster (+58.1% vs +28.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
Population	1,157	1,848
Median age	60.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,659	—
Median home value	$329,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,933	$2,269
Housing units	924	238
Homeownership rate	86.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
Population	901 → 1,157 (+28.4%)	1,169 → 1,848 (+58.1%)
Median household income	$43,148 → $84,659 (+96.2%)	$44,444 → $40,987 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$225,700 → $329,200 (+45.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,642 → $1,933 (+17.7%)	—

Lake Don Pedro

Population

9011,157

Median household income

$43,148$84,659

Median home value

$225,700$329,200

Median gross rent

$1,642$1,933

Yosemite Valley

Population

1,1691,848

Median household income

$44,444$40,987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.1%	0.9%
18 to 24	0.3%	17.3%
25 to 34	5.4%	33.6%
35 to 44	4.0%	20.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	34.9%	8.0%
65 to 74	24.0%	3.8%
75 and over	13.9%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	49.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	20.1%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
Drove alone	78.3%	25.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	26.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.3%
Worked from home	16.1%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
1-unit, detached	77.4%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	62.2%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Don Pedro	Yosemite Valley
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.8%
Average household size	1.94	—
Mean commute (minutes)	61	26
Median year structure built	1994	1985