Lake Arrowhead vs Spring Valley Lake

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

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

Lake Arrowhead has the higher population (10,746 vs 10,098 in Spring Valley Lake). Spring Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($93,040 vs $88,147 in Lake Arrowhead). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median home value ($545,100 vs $439,500 in Spring Valley Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
Population	10,746	10,098
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,147	$93,040
Median home value	$545,100	$439,500
Median gross rent	$1,739	$2,264
Housing units	11,742	3,493
Homeownership rate	82.8%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
Population	8,940 → 10,746 (+20.2%)	8,403 → 10,098 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$61,732 → $88,147 (+42.8%)	$84,727 → $93,040 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$373,700 → $545,100 (+45.9%)	$281,100 → $439,500 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,739 (+54.9%)	$1,713 → $2,264 (+32.2%)

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

Spring Valley Lake

Population

8,40310,098

Median household income

$84,727$93,040

Median home value

$281,100$439,500

Median gross rent

$1,713$2,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
Under 5	2.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	11.4%
75 and over	7.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	59.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.0%
Asian	3.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	20.7%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
Drove alone	74.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	11.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	91.2%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arrowhead	Spring Valley Lake
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.40	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1977	1987