Lucerne Valley vs Wrightwood

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

Lucerne Valley and Wrightwood 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 4,907 in Wrightwood). Wrightwood has the higher median household income ($78,496 vs $50,330 in Lucerne Valley). Wrightwood has the higher median home value ($456,400 vs $240,000 in Lucerne Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
Population	5,946	4,907
Median age	40.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,330	$78,496
Median home value	$240,000	$456,400
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,668
Housing units	2,634	2,819
Homeownership rate	64.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	23.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
Population	5,956 → 5,946 (-0.2%)	3,984 → 4,907 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$32,789 → $50,330 (+53.5%)	$64,841 → $78,496 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $240,000 (+48.2%)	$342,600 → $456,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,131 (+24.6%)	$1,030 → $1,668 (+61.9%)

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

Wrightwood

Population

3,9844,907

Median household income

$64,841$78,496

Median home value

$342,600$456,400

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	22.5%
75 and over	8.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	74.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
No high school diploma	23.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
Drove alone	76.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	17.7%	2.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
1-unit, detached	81.1%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Lucerne Valley	Wrightwood
Poverty rate	35.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	46	39
Median year structure built	1971	1974