Homeland vs Lake Mathews

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

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

Lake Mathews has the higher population (6,749 vs 6,060 in Homeland). Lake Mathews has the higher median household income ($102,700 vs $54,863 in Homeland). Lake Mathews has the higher median home value ($678,300 vs $189,600 in Homeland).

Population, income & housing

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
Population	6,060	6,749
Median age	33.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,863	$102,700
Median home value	$189,600	$678,300
Median gross rent	$1,640	$1,906
Housing units	2,294	1,721
Homeownership rate	74.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
Population	7,086 → 6,060 (-14.5%)	6,792 → 6,749 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$49,180 → $54,863 (+11.6%)	$102,188 → $102,700 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $189,600 (+21.3%)	$526,600 → $678,300 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,640 (+50.7%)	$1,477 → $1,906 (+29.0%)

Homeland

Population

7,0866,060

Median household income

$49,180$54,863

Median home value

$156,300$189,600

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,640

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)

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.3%
75 and over	8.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	29.8%	45.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	68.0%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
No high school diploma	24.8%	20.2%
High school graduate	37.7%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
Drove alone	68.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
1-unit, detached	24.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	74.0%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Homeland	Lake Mathews
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.4%
Average household size	2.90	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	40	35
Median year structure built	1978	1984