Greenhorn vs Lake Almanor Peninsula

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

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

Lake Almanor Peninsula has the higher population (265 vs 188 in Greenhorn). Lake Almanor Peninsula has the higher median home value ($475,000 vs $297,800 in Greenhorn). Since 2019, Greenhorn's population has grown faster (-26.3% vs -27.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
Population	188	265
Median age	64.8 yrs	65.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,972
Median home value	$297,800	$475,000
Housing units	152	600
Homeownership rate	94.9%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
Population	255 → 188 (-26.3%)	366 → 265 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $28,984 (-42.6%)	$90,833 → $75,972 (-16.4%)
Median home value	$218,100 → $297,800 (+36.5%)	$293,100 → $475,000 (+62.1%)

Greenhorn

Population

255188

Median household income

$50,536$28,984

Median home value

$218,100$297,800

Lake Almanor Peninsula

Population

366265

Median household income

$90,833$75,972

Median home value

$293,100$475,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.8%
55 to 64	51.6%	27.5%
65 to 74	18.1%	31.7%
75 and over	26.6%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	92.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
No high school diploma	15.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	49.2%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
Drove alone	71.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
1-unit, detached	59.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenhorn	Lake Almanor Peninsula
Poverty rate	19.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.59	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1997	1985