Lake Arrowhead vs Muscoy

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

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

Muscoy has the higher population (11,402 vs 10,746 in Lake Arrowhead). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median household income ($88,147 vs $57,726 in Muscoy). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median home value ($545,100 vs $379,200 in Muscoy).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
Population	10,746	11,402
Median age	48.4 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,147	$57,726
Median home value	$545,100	$379,200
Median gross rent	$1,739	$1,766
Housing units	11,742	2,615
Homeownership rate	82.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
Population	8,940 → 10,746 (+20.2%)	12,562 → 11,402 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$61,732 → $88,147 (+42.8%)	$46,969 → $57,726 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$373,700 → $545,100 (+45.9%)	$251,400 → $379,200 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,739 (+54.9%)	$1,335 → $1,766 (+32.3%)

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

Muscoy

Population

12,56211,402

Median household income

$46,969$57,726

Median home value

$251,400$379,200

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
Under 5	2.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	6.9%
75 and over	7.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	4.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	89.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
No high school diploma	4.4%	47.6%
High school graduate	20.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
Drove alone	74.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
1-unit, detached	91.2%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arrowhead	Muscoy
Poverty rate	11.9%	19.1%
Average household size	2.40	4.38
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1977	1958