Cromberg vs Lake Almanor West

A side-by-side comparison of Cromberg and Lake Almanor West: population, income, housing, and more.

Cromberg and Lake Almanor West are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Almanor West has the higher population (382 vs 262 in Cromberg). Lake Almanor West has the higher median home value ($649,600 vs $376,600 in Cromberg). Since 2019, Lake Almanor West's population has grown faster (+70.5% vs -17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
Population	262	382
Median age	63.0 yrs	72.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$178,611
Median home value	$376,600	$649,600
Housing units	115	614
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
Population	316 → 262 (-17.1%)	224 → 382 (+70.5%)
Median household income	$69,853 → $78,750 (+12.7%)	$155,000 → $178,611 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $376,600 (+19.6%)	$604,200 → $649,600 (+7.5%)

Cromberg

Population

316262

Median household income

$69,853$78,750

Median home value

$315,000$376,600

Lake Almanor West

Population

224382

Median household income

$155,000$178,611

Median home value

$604,200$649,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	33.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	26.7%	35.1%
75 and over	10.7%	29.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
Drove alone	70.2%	10.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	46.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	43.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
1-unit, detached	67.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cromberg	Lake Almanor West
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.40	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1984	1995