San Lucas vs Spreckels

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

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

Spreckels has the higher population (189 vs 181 in San Lucas). Spreckels has the higher median home value ($829,500 vs $179,200 in San Lucas). Since 2019, Spreckels's population has grown faster (-54.3% vs -66.7%).

Population, income & housing

	San Lucas	Spreckels
Population	181	189
Median age	37.8 yrs	68.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	—
Median home value	$179,200	$829,500
Median gross rent	$1,643	—
Housing units	53	110
Homeownership rate	52.4%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Lucas	Spreckels
Population	543 → 181 (-66.7%)	414 → 189 (-54.3%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $54,375 (-5.4%)	—
Median home value	$212,100 → $179,200 (-15.5%)	$477,600 → $829,500 (+73.7%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,643 (+69.9%)	—

San Lucas

Population

543181

Median household income

$57,500$54,375

Median home value

$212,100$179,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,643

Spreckels

Population

414189

Median home value

$477,600$829,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Lucas	Spreckels
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	5.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	3.9%	86.2%
75 and over	12.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Lucas	Spreckels
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	67.2%
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	92.8%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Lucas	Spreckels
No high school diploma	50.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Lucas	Spreckels
Drove alone	84.6%	100.0%
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	15.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Lucas	Spreckels
1-unit, detached	79.2%	100.0%
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	20.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	San Lucas	Spreckels
Poverty rate	42.5%	0.0%
Average household size	4.31	1.72
Median year structure built	1980	1981