Lake of the Pines vs Nevada City

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

Lake of the Pines and Nevada City 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 3,168 in Nevada City). Lake of the Pines has the higher median household income ($118,661 vs $69,552 in Nevada City). Lake of the Pines has the higher median home value ($639,400 vs $607,300 in Nevada City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
Population	5,012	3,168
Median age	54.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,661	$69,552
Median home value	$639,400	$607,300
Median gross rent	$2,741	$1,756
Housing units	2,307	1,597
Homeownership rate	86.1%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
Population	3,599 → 5,012 (+39.3%)	3,144 → 3,168 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$89,214 → $118,661 (+33.0%)	$42,059 → $69,552 (+65.4%)
Median home value	$425,600 → $639,400 (+50.2%)	$417,600 → $607,300 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,891 → $2,741 (+44.9%)	$1,100 → $1,756 (+59.6%)

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

Nevada City

Population

3,1443,168

Median household income

$42,059$69,552

Median home value

$417,600$607,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
Under 5	1.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	19.0%	28.7%
75 and over	11.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.6%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
Drove alone	72.7%	58.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	31.2%
Other means	2.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
1-unit, detached	96.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Pines	Nevada City
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1981	1947