Lake Wildwood vs Penn Valley

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

Lake Wildwood 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 Wildwood has the higher population (4,967 vs 1,197 in Penn Valley). Lake Wildwood has the higher median household income ($87,552 vs $62,966 in Penn Valley). Penn Valley has the higher median home value ($530,100 vs $495,100 in Lake Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wildwood	Penn Valley
Population	4,967	1,197
Median age	54.2 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,552	$62,966
Median home value	$495,100	$530,100
Median gross rent	$2,443	$1,608
Housing units	2,339	650
Homeownership rate	82.4%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wildwood	Penn Valley
Population	5,232 → 4,967 (-5.1%)	1,341 → 1,197 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$71,384 → $87,552 (+22.6%)	$42,904 → $62,966 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$395,900 → $495,100 (+25.1%)	$315,200 → $530,100 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,905 → $2,443 (+28.2%)	$1,279 → $1,608 (+25.7%)

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

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 Wildwood	Penn Valley
Under 5	2.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	19.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	3.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	23.3%	21.8%
75 and over	16.4%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Penn Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wildwood	Penn Valley
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Penn Valley
Drove alone	75.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Penn Valley
1-unit, detached	94.5%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wildwood	Penn Valley
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	57
Median year structure built	1983	1977