Lucerne Valley vs Silver Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Lucerne Valley and Silver Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lucerne Valley has the higher population (5,946 vs 5,789 in Silver Lakes). Silver Lakes has the higher median household income ($111,857 vs $50,330 in Lucerne Valley). Silver Lakes has the higher median home value ($345,600 vs $240,000 in Lucerne Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
Population	5,946	5,789
Median age	40.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,330	$111,857
Median home value	$240,000	$345,600
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,585
Housing units	2,634	2,777
Homeownership rate	64.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	23.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
Population	5,956 → 5,946 (-0.2%)	5,849 → 5,789 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$32,789 → $50,330 (+53.5%)	$69,375 → $111,857 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $240,000 (+48.2%)	$228,200 → $345,600 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,131 (+24.6%)	$1,458 → $1,585 (+8.7%)

Lucerne Valley

Population

5,9565,946

Median household income

$32,789$50,330

Median home value

$161,900$240,000

Median gross rent

$908$1,131

Silver Lakes

Population

5,8495,789

Median household income

$69,375$111,857

Median home value

$228,200$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
Under 5	6.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	21.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.6%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.2%
75 and over	8.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	48.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	17.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
No high school diploma	23.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
Drove alone	76.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	17.7%	13.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
1-unit, detached	81.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lucerne Valley	Silver Lakes
Poverty rate	35.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	46	40
Median year structure built	1971	1991