Carnelian Bay vs Cedar Flat

A side-by-side comparison of Carnelian Bay and Cedar Flat: population, income, housing, and more.

Carnelian Bay and Cedar Flat are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Flat has the higher population (926 vs 432 in Carnelian Bay). Carnelian Bay has the higher median household income ($196,250 vs $124,118 in Cedar Flat). Cedar Flat has the higher median home value ($961,700 vs $814,900 in Carnelian Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
Population	432	926
Median age	40.7 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$196,250	$124,118
Median home value	$814,900	$961,700
Median gross rent	$3,193	—
Housing units	1,009	1,151
Homeownership rate	87.0%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.7%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
Population	451 → 432 (-4.2%)	886 → 926 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$77,841 → $196,250 (+152.1%)	$63,750 → $124,118 (+94.7%)
Median home value	$632,300 → $814,900 (+28.9%)	$826,300 → $961,700 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $3,193 (+78.2%)	$1,058 → $1,800 (+70.1%)

Carnelian Bay

Population

451432

Median household income

$77,841$196,250

Median home value

$632,300$814,900

Median gross rent

$1,792$3,193

Cedar Flat

Population

886926

Median household income

$63,750$124,118

Median home value

$826,300$961,700

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.3%
25 to 34	19.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	25.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	26.1%
75 and over	7.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	50.7%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	29.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
Drove alone	43.5%	45.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	56.5%	52.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
1-unit, detached	80.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carnelian Bay	Cedar Flat
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1974	1975