Lee Vining vs Mammoth Lakes

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

Lee Vining 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 557 in Lee Vining). Lee Vining has the higher median household income ($129,407 vs $87,121 in Mammoth Lakes). Mammoth Lakes has the higher median home value ($657,000 vs $423,700 in Lee Vining).

Population, income & housing

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
Population	557	7,233
Median age	33.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$129,407	$87,121
Median home value	$423,700	$657,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,637
Housing units	150	9,885
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
Population	98 → 557 (+468.4%)	8,169 → 7,233 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$135,017 → $129,407 (-4.2%)	$59,620 → $87,121 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$399,300 → $423,700 (+6.1%)	$337,700 → $657,000 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,266 → $1,637 (+29.3%)

Lee Vining

Population

98557

Median household income

$135,017$129,407

Median home value

$399,300$423,700

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)

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	46.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	19.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	39.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.6%
75 and over	0.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	49.4%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
Drove alone	0.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	47.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	52.8%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
1-unit, detached	80.0%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	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	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Lee Vining	Mammoth Lakes
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.6%
Average household size	3.71	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1938	1979