Big River vs Lytle Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Big River and Lytle Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Big River and Lytle Creek are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big River has the higher population (1,025 vs 588 in Lytle Creek). Lytle Creek has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $40,179 in Big River). Lytle Creek has the higher median home value ($483,600 vs $132,400 in Big River).

Population, income & housing

	Big River	Lytle Creek
Population	1,025	588
Median age	60.9 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$74,000
Median home value	$132,400	$483,600
Median gross rent	$795	$1,841
Housing units	978	327
Homeownership rate	78.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big River	Lytle Creek
Population	1,149 → 1,025 (-10.8%)	673 → 588 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$33,534 → $40,179 (+19.8%)	$40,163 → $74,000 (+84.2%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $132,400 (+44.9%)	$305,200 → $483,600 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $795 (+28.2%)	$1,372 → $1,841 (+34.2%)

Big River

Population

1,1491,025

Median household income

$33,534$40,179

Median home value

$91,400$132,400

Median gross rent

$620$795

Lytle Creek

Population

673588

Median household income

$40,163$74,000

Median home value

$305,200$483,600

Median gross rent

$1,372$1,841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big River	Lytle Creek
Under 5	0.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	6.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	2.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	36.0%	22.6%
65 to 74	20.6%	18.2%
75 and over	18.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big River	Lytle Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big River	Lytle Creek
No high school diploma	16.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big River	Lytle Creek
Drove alone	87.7%	97.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big River	Lytle Creek
1-unit, detached	49.4%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Big River	Lytle Creek
Poverty rate	19.9%	5.8%
Average household size	1.81	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	16	44
Median year structure built	1986	1981