Lenwood vs Needles

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

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

Needles has the higher population (4,882 vs 3,708 in Lenwood). Lenwood has the higher median household income ($70,714 vs $39,876 in Needles). Lenwood has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $134,400 in Needles).

Population, income & housing

	Lenwood	Needles
Population	3,708	4,882
Median age	30.9 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,714	$39,876
Median home value	$139,600	$134,400
Median gross rent	$1,117	$742
Housing units	1,338	2,848
Homeownership rate	53.3%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenwood	Needles
Population	4,122 → 3,708 (-10.0%)	4,965 → 4,882 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$43,686 → $70,714 (+61.9%)	$33,717 → $39,876 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $139,600 (+33.3%)	$88,500 → $134,400 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,117 (+18.5%)	$649 → $742 (+14.3%)

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

Needles

Population

4,9654,882

Median household income

$33,717$39,876

Median home value

$88,500$134,400

Median gross rent

$649$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenwood	Needles
Under 5	9.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	23.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	23.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.0%
75 and over	2.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenwood	Needles
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	54.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	6.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.3%	0.1%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenwood	Needles
No high school diploma	16.4%	21.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenwood	Needles
Drove alone	58.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	33.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenwood	Needles
1-unit, detached	83.3%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Lenwood	Needles
Poverty rate	18.0%	29.1%
Average household size	3.03	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1966	1977