Crowley Lake vs Lee Vining

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

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

Crowley Lake has the higher population (1,129 vs 557 in Lee Vining). Crowley Lake has the higher median home value ($611,600 vs $423,700 in Lee Vining). Since 2019, Lee Vining's population has grown faster (+468.4% vs +4.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
Population	1,129	557
Median age	38.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$129,407
Median home value	$611,600	$423,700
Housing units	692	150
Homeownership rate	97.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
Population	1,077 → 1,129 (+4.8%)	98 → 557 (+468.4%)
Median household income	$89,706 → $102,143 (+13.9%)	$135,017 → $129,407 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$584,600 → $611,600 (+4.6%)	$399,300 → $423,700 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $925 (+3.0%)	—

Crowley Lake

Population

1,0771,129

Median household income

$89,706$102,143

Median home value

$584,600$611,600

Median gross rent

$898$925

Lee Vining

Population

98557

Median household income

$135,017$129,407

Median home value

$399,300$423,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
Under 5	22.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	46.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	27.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.0%	39.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	2.5%	0.0%
75 and over	12.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	50.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	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	24.4%	49.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
No high school diploma	11.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	6.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
Drove alone	53.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	18.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	47.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	52.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
1-unit, detached	53.5%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crowley Lake	Lee Vining
Poverty rate	32.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1984	1938