Lake Wildwood vs Rough and Ready

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

Lake Wildwood 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 Wildwood has the higher population (4,967 vs 659 in Rough and Ready). Rough and Ready has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $87,552 in Lake Wildwood). Rough and Ready has the higher median home value ($659,900 vs $495,100 in Lake Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wildwood	Rough and Ready
Population	4,967	659
Median age	54.2 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,552	$100,417
Median home value	$495,100	$659,900
Median gross rent	$2,443	$1,098
Housing units	2,339	484
Homeownership rate	82.4%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wildwood	Rough and Ready
Population	5,232 → 4,967 (-5.1%)	499 → 659 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$71,384 → $87,552 (+22.6%)	—
Median home value	$395,900 → $495,100 (+25.1%)	$292,300 → $659,900 (+125.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,905 → $2,443 (+28.2%)	$807 → $1,098 (+36.1%)

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

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 Wildwood	Rough and Ready
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	24.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	11.4%
75 and over	16.4%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Rough and Ready
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wildwood	Rough and Ready
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Rough and Ready
Drove alone	75.7%	50.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	17.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Rough and Ready
1-unit, detached	94.5%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wildwood	Rough and Ready
Poverty rate	13.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1983	1983