Homestead Valley vs Lenwood

A side-by-side comparison of Homestead Valley and Lenwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Homestead Valley and Lenwood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lenwood has the higher population (3,708 vs 2,772 in Homestead Valley). Lenwood has the higher median household income ($70,714 vs $39,954 in Homestead Valley). Homestead Valley has the higher median home value ($214,800 vs $139,600 in Lenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
Population	2,772	3,708
Median age	49.4 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,954	$70,714
Median home value	$214,800	$139,600
Median gross rent	$992	$1,117
Housing units	2,017	1,338
Homeownership rate	88.0%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
Population	2,865 → 2,772 (-3.2%)	4,122 → 3,708 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$31,864 → $39,954 (+25.4%)	$43,686 → $70,714 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $214,800 (+46.5%)	$104,700 → $139,600 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $992 (-2.2%)	$943 → $1,117 (+18.5%)

Homestead Valley

Population

2,8652,772

Median household income

$31,864$39,954

Median home value

$146,600$214,800

Median gross rent

$1,014$992

Lenwood

Population

4,1223,708

Median household income

$43,686$70,714

Median home value

$104,700$139,600

Median gross rent

$943$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
Under 5	4.8%	9.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	23.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	4.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	18.6%	14.6%
75 and over	8.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	27.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	9.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.3%	53.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
No high school diploma	16.1%	16.4%
High school graduate	24.4%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
Drove alone	53.6%	58.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	33.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
1-unit, detached	87.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Homestead Valley	Lenwood
Poverty rate	32.2%	18.0%
Average household size	2.32	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1965	1966