Cherry Valley vs Lake Mathews

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Valley and Lake Mathews: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cherry Valley has the higher population (7,302 vs 6,749 in Lake Mathews). Lake Mathews has the higher median household income ($102,700 vs $78,125 in Cherry Valley). Lake Mathews has the higher median home value ($678,300 vs $358,000 in Cherry Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
Population	7,302	6,749
Median age	55.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$102,700
Median home value	$358,000	$678,300
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,906
Housing units	2,968	1,721
Homeownership rate	85.0%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
Population	8,115 → 7,302 (-10.0%)	6,792 → 6,749 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $78,125 (+42.7%)	$102,188 → $102,700 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$276,100 → $358,000 (+29.7%)	$526,600 → $678,300 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,380 (+42.4%)	$1,477 → $1,906 (+29.0%)

Cherry Valley

Population

8,1157,302

Median household income

$54,750$78,125

Median home value

$276,100$358,000

Median gross rent

$969$1,380

Lake Mathews

Population

6,7926,749

Median household income

$102,188$102,700

Median home value

$526,600$678,300

Median gross rent

$1,477$1,906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	19.3%	10.3%
75 and over	13.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	45.6%
Black or African American	3.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
No high school diploma	15.4%	20.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
Drove alone	71.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	13.2%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.8%
Other means	3.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
1-unit, detached	68.1%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Lake Mathews
Poverty rate	13.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.60	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	1974	1984