Garnet vs Lake Mathews

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

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

Garnet has the higher population (6,979 vs 6,749 in Lake Mathews). Lake Mathews has the higher median household income ($102,700 vs $63,082 in Garnet). Lake Mathews has the higher median home value ($678,300 vs $237,800 in Garnet).

Population, income & housing

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
Population	6,979	6,749
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,082	$102,700
Median home value	$237,800	$678,300
Median gross rent	$1,627	$1,906
Housing units	2,278	1,721
Homeownership rate	72.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
Population	5,285 → 6,979 (+32.1%)	6,792 → 6,749 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$38,654 → $63,082 (+63.2%)	$102,188 → $102,700 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$180,900 → $237,800 (+31.5%)	$526,600 → $678,300 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,315 → $1,627 (+23.7%)	$1,477 → $1,906 (+29.0%)

Garnet

Population

5,2856,979

Median household income

$38,654$63,082

Median home value

$180,900$237,800

Median gross rent

$1,315$1,627

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)

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.3%
75 and over	3.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	45.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	80.3%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
No high school diploma	39.5%	20.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
Drove alone	79.7%	70.0%
Carpooled	15.2%	15.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	10.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
1-unit, detached	77.3%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Garnet	Lake Mathews
Poverty rate	16.3%	7.4%
Average household size	3.29	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1994	1984