Mammoth Lakes vs Swall Meadows

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

Mammoth Lakes and Swall Meadows 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 433 in Swall Meadows). Swall Meadows has the higher median household income ($185,913 vs $87,121 in Mammoth Lakes). Swall Meadows has the higher median home value ($808,900 vs $657,000 in Mammoth Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
Population	7,233	433
Median age	37.7 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,121	$185,913
Median home value	$657,000	$808,900
Median gross rent	$1,637	—
Housing units	9,885	214
Homeownership rate	61.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
Population	8,169 → 7,233 (-11.5%)	251 → 433 (+72.5%)
Median household income	$59,620 → $87,121 (+46.1%)	$107,813 → $185,913 (+72.4%)
Median home value	$337,700 → $657,000 (+94.6%)	$690,800 → $808,900 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,266 → $1,637 (+29.3%)	—

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

Swall Meadows

Population

251433

Median household income

$107,813$185,913

Median home value

$690,800$808,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
Under 5	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	1.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	19.2%
25 to 34	19.5%	1.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	4.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	25.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.7%
75 and over	3.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
Drove alone	71.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	10.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	15.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
1-unit, detached	34.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mammoth Lakes	Swall Meadows
Poverty rate	8.6%	0.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1979	1995