Lake Almanor Peninsula vs Lake Almanor West

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

Lake Almanor Peninsula 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 265 in Lake Almanor Peninsula). Lake Almanor West has the higher median household income ($178,611 vs $75,972 in Lake Almanor Peninsula). Lake Almanor West has the higher median home value ($649,600 vs $475,000 in Lake Almanor Peninsula).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
Population	265	382
Median age	65.4 yrs	72.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,972	$178,611
Median home value	$475,000	$649,600
Housing units	600	614
Homeownership rate	92.9%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
Population	366 → 265 (-27.6%)	224 → 382 (+70.5%)
Median household income	$90,833 → $75,972 (-16.4%)	$155,000 → $178,611 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$293,100 → $475,000 (+62.1%)	$604,200 → $649,600 (+7.5%)

Lake Almanor Peninsula

Population

366265

Median household income

$90,833$75,972

Median home value

$293,100$475,000

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)

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	2.9%
45 to 54	3.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	27.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	31.7%	35.1%
75 and over	20.8%	29.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	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	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	8.1%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	53.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
Drove alone	82.4%	10.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	46.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	43.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
1-unit, detached	80.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Almanor Peninsula	Lake Almanor West
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.57	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1985	1995