Lake of the Pines vs Lake Wildwood

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

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

Lake of the Pines has the higher population (5,012 vs 4,967 in Lake Wildwood). Lake of the Pines has the higher median household income ($118,661 vs $87,552 in Lake Wildwood). Lake of the Pines has the higher median home value ($639,400 vs $495,100 in Lake Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
Population	5,012	4,967
Median age	54.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$118,661	$87,552
Median home value	$639,400	$495,100
Median gross rent	$2,741	$2,443
Housing units	2,307	2,339
Homeownership rate	86.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
Population	3,599 → 5,012 (+39.3%)	5,232 → 4,967 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$89,214 → $118,661 (+33.0%)	$71,384 → $87,552 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$425,600 → $639,400 (+50.2%)	$395,900 → $495,100 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,891 → $2,741 (+44.9%)	$1,905 → $2,443 (+28.2%)

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

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)

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
Under 5	1.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	5.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	6.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	19.0%	23.3%
75 and over	11.7%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.9%
Asian	1.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
Drove alone	72.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	18.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
1-unit, detached	96.2%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Pines	Lake Wildwood
Poverty rate	8.0%	13.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1981	1983