Moss Landing vs San Lucas

A side-by-side comparison of Moss Landing and San Lucas: population, income, housing, and more.

Moss Landing and San Lucas are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San Lucas has the higher population (181 vs 34 in Moss Landing). Since 2019, Moss Landing's population has grown faster (-37.0% vs -66.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
Population	34	181
Median age	71.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,375
Median home value	—	$179,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,643
Housing units	15	53
Homeownership rate	100.0%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
Population	54 → 34 (-37.0%)	543 → 181 (-66.7%)
Median household income	—	$57,500 → $54,375 (-5.4%)
Median home value	—	$212,100 → $179,200 (-15.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$967 → $1,643 (+69.9%)

Moss Landing

Population

5434

San Lucas

Population

543181

Median household income

$57,500$54,375

Median home value

$212,100$179,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	22.7%
45 to 54	26.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	5.5%
65 to 74	23.5%	3.9%
75 and over	38.2%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	0.0%	92.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
No high school diploma	11.8%	50.9%
High school graduate	64.7%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
Drove alone	100.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	15.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Moss Landing	San Lucas
Poverty rate	11.8%	42.5%
Average household size	2.00	4.31
Median year structure built	—	1980