Lake City vs Lookout

A side-by-side comparison of Lake City and Lookout: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lookout has the higher population (43 vs 30 in Lake City). Since 2019, Lookout's population has grown faster (-2.3% vs -46.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Lookout
Population	30	43
Median age	43.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	—
Housing units	43	43
Homeownership rate	87.5%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Lookout
Population	56 → 30 (-46.4%)	44 → 43 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$20,625 → $125,000 (+506.1%)	—
Median home value	$187,500 → $179,200 (-4.4%)	—

Lake City

Population

5630

Median household income

$20,625$125,000

Median home value

$187,500$179,200

Lookout

Population

4443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Lookout
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	48.8%
35 to 44	43.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	23.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Lookout
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Lookout
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	81.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	73.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Lookout
Drove alone	71.4%	92.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Lookout
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Lookout
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1943	1938