Lytle Creek vs Searles Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Lytle Creek and Searles Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Searles Valley has the higher population (1,698 vs 588 in Lytle Creek). Lytle Creek has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $65,625 in Searles Valley). Lytle Creek has the higher median home value ($483,600 vs $68,500 in Searles Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
Population	588	1,698
Median age	53.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,000	$65,625
Median home value	$483,600	$68,500
Median gross rent	$1,841	$809
Housing units	327	847
Homeownership rate	89.9%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
Population	673 → 588 (-12.6%)	1,689 → 1,698 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$40,163 → $74,000 (+84.2%)	$36,806 → $65,625 (+78.3%)
Median home value	$305,200 → $483,600 (+58.5%)	$57,700 → $68,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,372 → $1,841 (+34.2%)	$621 → $809 (+30.3%)

Lytle Creek

Population

673588

Median household income

$40,163$74,000

Median home value

$305,200$483,600

Median gross rent

$1,372$1,841

Searles Valley

Population

1,6891,698

Median household income

$36,806$65,625

Median home value

$57,700$68,500

Median gross rent

$621$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
Under 5	1.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	26.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	22.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	18.2%	8.8%
75 and over	8.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
No high school diploma	11.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	18.1%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
Drove alone	97.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
1-unit, detached	98.2%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lytle Creek	Searles Valley
Poverty rate	5.8%	18.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	44	19
Median year structure built	1981	1957