Lake Wildwood vs Nevada City

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

Lake Wildwood 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 Wildwood has the higher population (4,967 vs 3,168 in Nevada City). Lake Wildwood has the higher median household income ($87,552 vs $69,552 in Nevada City). Nevada City has the higher median home value ($607,300 vs $495,100 in Lake Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wildwood	Nevada City
Population	4,967	3,168
Median age	54.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,552	$69,552
Median home value	$495,100	$607,300
Median gross rent	$2,443	$1,756
Housing units	2,339	1,597
Homeownership rate	82.4%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wildwood	Nevada City
Population	5,232 → 4,967 (-5.1%)	3,144 → 3,168 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$71,384 → $87,552 (+22.6%)	$42,059 → $69,552 (+65.4%)
Median home value	$395,900 → $495,100 (+25.1%)	$417,600 → $607,300 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,905 → $2,443 (+28.2%)	$1,100 → $1,756 (+59.6%)

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

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 Wildwood	Nevada City
Under 5	2.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	6.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	23.3%	28.7%
75 and over	16.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Nevada City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wildwood	Nevada City
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Nevada City
Drove alone	75.7%	58.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	31.2%
Other means	0.6%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Nevada City
1-unit, detached	94.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wildwood	Nevada City
Poverty rate	13.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1983	1947