Lake of the Pines vs Penn Valley

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

Lake of the Pines and Penn Valley 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 1,197 in Penn Valley). Lake of the Pines has the higher median household income ($118,661 vs $62,966 in Penn Valley). Lake of the Pines has the higher median home value ($639,400 vs $530,100 in Penn Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
Population	5,012	1,197
Median age	54.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$118,661	$62,966
Median home value	$639,400	$530,100
Median gross rent	$2,741	$1,608
Housing units	2,307	650
Homeownership rate	86.1%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
Population	3,599 → 5,012 (+39.3%)	1,341 → 1,197 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$89,214 → $118,661 (+33.0%)	$42,904 → $62,966 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$425,600 → $639,400 (+50.2%)	$315,200 → $530,100 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,891 → $2,741 (+44.9%)	$1,279 → $1,608 (+25.7%)

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

Penn Valley

Population

1,3411,197

Median household income

$42,904$62,966

Median home value

$315,200$530,100

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
Under 5	1.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	19.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	3.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	19.0%	21.8%
75 and over	11.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	19.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
Drove alone	72.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
1-unit, detached	96.2%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Pines	Penn Valley
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	57
Median year structure built	1981	1977