Chalfant vs Mammoth Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Chalfant and Mammoth Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mammoth Lakes has the higher population (7,233 vs 598 in Chalfant). Mammoth Lakes has the higher median household income ($87,121 vs $65,156 in Chalfant). Mammoth Lakes has the higher median home value ($657,000 vs $292,700 in Chalfant).

Population, income & housing

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
Population	598	7,233
Median age	52.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,156	$87,121
Median home value	$292,700	$657,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,637
Housing units	234	9,885
Homeownership rate	82.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
Population	1,005 → 598 (-40.5%)	8,169 → 7,233 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$63,634 → $65,156 (+2.4%)	$59,620 → $87,121 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$289,200 → $292,700 (+1.2%)	$337,700 → $657,000 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,266 → $1,637 (+29.3%)

Chalfant

Population

1,005598

Median household income

$63,634$65,156

Median home value

$289,200$292,700

Mammoth Lakes

Population

8,1697,233

Median household income

$59,620$87,121

Median home value

$337,700$657,000

Median gross rent

$1,266$1,637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
Under 5	3.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	3.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	22.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	24.4%	8.6%
75 and over	0.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
No high school diploma	12.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	14.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
Drove alone	90.6%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
1-unit, detached	54.3%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	31.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Chalfant	Mammoth Lakes
Poverty rate	14.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1990	1979