Crowley Lake vs Mammoth Lakes

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

Crowley Lake 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 1,129 in Crowley Lake). Mammoth Lakes has the higher median home value ($657,000 vs $611,600 in Crowley Lake). Since 2019, Crowley Lake's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs -11.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
Population	1,129	7,233
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$87,121
Median home value	$611,600	$657,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,637
Housing units	692	9,885
Homeownership rate	97.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
Population	1,077 → 1,129 (+4.8%)	8,169 → 7,233 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$89,706 → $102,143 (+13.9%)	$59,620 → $87,121 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$584,600 → $611,600 (+4.6%)	$337,700 → $657,000 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $925 (+3.0%)	$1,266 → $1,637 (+29.3%)

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

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)

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
Under 5	22.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	4.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.5%
35 to 44	27.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	4.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	2.5%	8.6%
75 and over	12.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.4%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
No high school diploma	11.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	6.5%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
Drove alone	53.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	18.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	7.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	20.5%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
1-unit, detached	53.5%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	31.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Crowley Lake	Mammoth Lakes
Poverty rate	32.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1984	1979