Highgrove vs Lake Mathews

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

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

Highgrove has the higher population (7,164 vs 6,749 in Lake Mathews). Highgrove has the higher median household income ($109,657 vs $102,700 in Lake Mathews). Lake Mathews has the higher median home value ($678,300 vs $594,400 in Highgrove).

Population, income & housing

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
Population	7,164	6,749
Median age	31.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,657	$102,700
Median home value	$594,400	$678,300
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,906
Housing units	2,243	1,721
Homeownership rate	73.9%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
Population	5,786 → 7,164 (+23.8%)	6,792 → 6,749 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$61,494 → $109,657 (+78.3%)	$102,188 → $102,700 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$402,000 → $594,400 (+47.9%)	$526,600 → $678,300 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,338 (+22.2%)	$1,477 → $1,906 (+29.0%)

Highgrove

Population

5,7867,164

Median household income

$61,494$109,657

Median home value

$402,000$594,400

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,338

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)

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
Under 5	8.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	4.3%	10.3%
75 and over	2.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	19.8%	45.6%
Black or African American	10.6%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	53.0%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
No high school diploma	10.2%	20.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
Drove alone	77.1%	70.0%
Carpooled	15.2%	15.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
1-unit, detached	80.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Highgrove	Lake Mathews
Poverty rate	11.0%	7.4%
Average household size	3.33	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	2003	1984