Alta Sierra vs Lake Wildwood

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

Alta Sierra and Lake Wildwood 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 4,967 in Lake Wildwood). Alta Sierra has the higher median household income ($99,576 vs $87,552 in Lake Wildwood). Alta Sierra has the higher median home value ($560,600 vs $495,100 in Lake Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
Population	7,061	4,967
Median age	55.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,576	$87,552
Median home value	$560,600	$495,100
Median gross rent	$2,033	$2,443
Housing units	3,052	2,339
Homeownership rate	86.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
Population	7,280 → 7,061 (-3.0%)	5,232 → 4,967 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$85,758 → $99,576 (+16.1%)	$71,384 → $87,552 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$395,700 → $560,600 (+41.7%)	$395,900 → $495,100 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,847 → $2,033 (+10.1%)	$1,905 → $2,443 (+28.2%)

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 Wildwood

Population

5,2324,967

Median household income

$71,384$87,552

Median home value

$395,900$495,100

Median gross rent

$1,905$2,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
Under 5	3.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	6.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	23.3%
75 and over	10.1%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	18.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
Drove alone	68.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	18.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
1-unit, detached	94.8%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Alta Sierra	Lake Wildwood
Poverty rate	5.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1984	1983