Chalfant vs Lee Vining

A side-by-side comparison of Chalfant and Lee Vining: population, income, housing, and more.

Chalfant and Lee Vining are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chalfant has the higher population (598 vs 557 in Lee Vining). Lee Vining has the higher median household income ($129,407 vs $65,156 in Chalfant). Lee Vining has the higher median home value ($423,700 vs $292,700 in Chalfant).

Population, income & housing

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
Population	598	557
Median age	52.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,156	$129,407
Median home value	$292,700	$423,700
Housing units	234	150
Homeownership rate	82.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
Population	1,005 → 598 (-40.5%)	98 → 557 (+468.4%)
Median household income	$63,634 → $65,156 (+2.4%)	$135,017 → $129,407 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$289,200 → $292,700 (+1.2%)	$399,300 → $423,700 (+6.1%)

Chalfant

Population

1,005598

Median household income

$63,634$65,156

Median home value

$289,200$292,700

Lee Vining

Population

98557

Median household income

$135,017$129,407

Median home value

$399,300$423,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.8%	46.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	22.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	39.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	24.4%	0.0%
75 and over	0.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	50.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	49.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
No high school diploma	12.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
Drove alone	90.6%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	47.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	52.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
1-unit, detached	54.3%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	20.0%
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	39.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chalfant	Lee Vining
Poverty rate	14.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.77	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1990	1938