Canyon Lake vs El Sobrante

A side-by-side comparison of Canyon Lake and El Sobrante: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Sobrante has the higher population (13,206 vs 11,107 in Canyon Lake). El Sobrante has the higher median household income ($160,331 vs $124,948 in Canyon Lake). El Sobrante has the higher median home value ($749,300 vs $647,300 in Canyon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
Population	11,107	13,206
Median age	46.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$124,948	$160,331
Median home value	$647,300	$749,300
Median gross rent	$2,524	$2,954
Housing units	4,434	4,055
Homeownership rate	79.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
Population	11,170 → 11,107 (-0.6%)	13,881 → 13,206 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$100,682 → $124,948 (+24.1%)	$120,049 → $160,331 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$442,900 → $647,300 (+46.2%)	$549,600 → $749,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,060 → $2,524 (+22.5%)	$2,266 → $2,954 (+30.4%)

Canyon Lake

Population

11,17011,107

Median household income

$100,682$124,948

Median home value

$442,900$647,300

Median gross rent

$2,060$2,524

El Sobrante

Population

13,88113,206

Median household income

$120,049$160,331

Median home value

$549,600$749,300

Median gross rent

$2,266$2,954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
Under 5	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	17.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.2%
75 and over	7.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	40.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	16.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	32.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
Drove alone	61.8%	74.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
1-unit, detached	85.9%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Canyon Lake	El Sobrante
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.71	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	49	40
Median year structure built	1985	2002