Lake of the Pines vs Rough and Ready

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

Lake of the Pines and Rough and Ready 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 659 in Rough and Ready). Lake of the Pines has the higher median household income ($118,661 vs $100,417 in Rough and Ready). Rough and Ready has the higher median home value ($659,900 vs $639,400 in Lake of the Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
Population	5,012	659
Median age	54.4 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,661	$100,417
Median home value	$639,400	$659,900
Median gross rent	$2,741	$1,098
Housing units	2,307	484
Homeownership rate	86.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
Population	3,599 → 5,012 (+39.3%)	499 → 659 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$89,214 → $118,661 (+33.0%)	—
Median home value	$425,600 → $639,400 (+50.2%)	$292,300 → $659,900 (+125.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,891 → $2,741 (+44.9%)	$807 → $1,098 (+36.1%)

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

Rough and Ready

Population

499659

Median home value

$292,300$659,900

Median gross rent

$807$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	19.0%	11.4%
75 and over	11.7%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
Drove alone	72.7%	50.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	17.2%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
1-unit, detached	96.2%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Pines	Rough and Ready
Poverty rate	8.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1981	1983