Grand Terrace vs Lake Arrowhead

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Terrace and Lake Arrowhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Terrace has the higher population (13,069 vs 10,746 in Lake Arrowhead). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median household income ($88,147 vs $83,668 in Grand Terrace). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median home value ($545,100 vs $465,800 in Grand Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
Population	13,069	10,746
Median age	37.2 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,668	$88,147
Median home value	$465,800	$545,100
Median gross rent	$1,782	$1,739
Housing units	4,883	11,742
Homeownership rate	61.0%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
Population	12,510 → 13,069 (+4.5%)	8,940 → 10,746 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$71,788 → $83,668 (+16.5%)	$61,732 → $88,147 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$324,400 → $465,800 (+43.6%)	$373,700 → $545,100 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,782 (+26.8%)	$1,123 → $1,739 (+54.9%)

Grand Terrace

Population

12,51013,069

Median household income

$71,788$83,668

Median home value

$324,400$465,800

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,782

Lake Arrowhead

Population

8,94010,746

Median household income

$61,732$88,147

Median home value

$373,700$545,100

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
Under 5	5.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	16.5%
75 and over	5.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	64.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	4.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
No high school diploma	13.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
Drove alone	77.7%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	20.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
1-unit, detached	57.4%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	13.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand Terrace	Lake Arrowhead
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1976	1977