Lake Mathews vs Nuevo

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

Lake Mathews and Nuevo 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 6,737 in Nuevo). Lake Mathews has the higher median household income ($102,700 vs $92,443 in Nuevo). Lake Mathews has the higher median home value ($678,300 vs $507,200 in Nuevo).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
Population	6,749	6,737
Median age	40.2 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,700	$92,443
Median home value	$678,300	$507,200
Median gross rent	$1,906	$1,552
Housing units	1,721	1,923
Homeownership rate	76.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
Population	6,792 → 6,749 (-0.6%)	7,182 → 6,737 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$102,188 → $102,700 (+0.5%)	$71,333 → $92,443 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$526,600 → $678,300 (+28.8%)	$324,600 → $507,200 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,477 → $1,906 (+29.0%)	$1,346 → $1,552 (+15.3%)

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

Nuevo

Population

7,1826,737

Median household income

$71,333$92,443

Median home value

$324,600$507,200

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
Under 5	5.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	5.5%
75 and over	7.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	21.8%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	69.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
No high school diploma	20.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	25.7%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
Drove alone	70.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	15.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	8.8%
Other means	2.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
1-unit, detached	80.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mathews	Nuevo
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.2%
Average household size	3.97	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1984	1990