Granite Bay vs Kings Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Granite Bay and Kings Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Granite Bay has the higher population (21,378 vs 2,493 in Kings Beach). Granite Bay has the higher median household income ($190,000 vs $53,964 in Kings Beach). Granite Bay has the higher median home value ($1,094,100 vs $680,200 in Kings Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
Population	21,378	2,493
Median age	48.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$190,000	$53,964
Median home value	$1,094,100	$680,200
Median gross rent	$2,609	$1,245
Housing units	7,837	2,236
Homeownership rate	90.3%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
Population	23,183 → 21,378 (-7.8%)	3,044 → 2,493 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$143,401 → $190,000 (+32.5%)	$49,485 → $53,964 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$794,000 → $1,094,100 (+37.8%)	$471,000 → $680,200 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,014 → $2,609 (+29.5%)	$1,183 → $1,245 (+5.2%)

Granite Bay

Population

23,18321,378

Median household income

$143,401$190,000

Median home value

$794,000$1,094,100

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,609

Kings Beach

Population

3,0442,493

Median household income

$49,485$53,964

Median home value

$471,000$680,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
Under 5	4.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	18.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	21.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.4%
75 and over	8.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	49.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
No high school diploma	2.5%	25.7%
High school graduate	11.8%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
Drove alone	68.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.9%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
1-unit, detached	91.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Granite Bay	Kings Beach
Poverty rate	5.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.84	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1987	1974