Alta Sierra vs Lake of the Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Alta Sierra and Lake of the Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

Alta Sierra and Lake of the Pines are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alta Sierra has the higher population (7,061 vs 5,012 in Lake of the Pines). Lake of the Pines has the higher median household income ($118,661 vs $99,576 in Alta Sierra). Lake of the Pines has the higher median home value ($639,400 vs $560,600 in Alta Sierra).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
Population	7,061	5,012
Median age	55.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,576	$118,661
Median home value	$560,600	$639,400
Median gross rent	$2,033	$2,741
Housing units	3,052	2,307
Homeownership rate	86.4%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
Population	7,280 → 7,061 (-3.0%)	3,599 → 5,012 (+39.3%)
Median household income	$85,758 → $99,576 (+16.1%)	$89,214 → $118,661 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$395,700 → $560,600 (+41.7%)	$425,600 → $639,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,847 → $2,033 (+10.1%)	$1,891 → $2,741 (+44.9%)

Alta Sierra

Population

7,2807,061

Median household income

$85,758$99,576

Median home value

$395,700$560,600

Median gross rent

$1,847$2,033

Lake of the Pines

Population

3,5995,012

Median household income

$89,214$118,661

Median home value

$425,600$639,400

Median gross rent

$1,891$2,741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
Under 5	3.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	23.3%	19.0%
75 and over	10.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	18.3%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
Drove alone	68.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	19.4%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
1-unit, detached	94.8%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Alta Sierra	Lake of the Pines
Poverty rate	5.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1984	1981