Elfin Forest vs Mount Laguna

A side-by-side comparison of Elfin Forest and Mount Laguna: population, income, housing, and more.

Elfin Forest and Mount Laguna are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elfin Forest has the higher population (566 vs 123 in Mount Laguna). Elfin Forest has the higher median home value ($1,496,700 vs $273,400 in Mount Laguna). Since 2019, Elfin Forest's population has grown faster (+22.5% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
Population	566	123
Median age	43.7 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median home value	$1,496,700	$273,400
Housing units	196	122
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	69.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	34.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
Population	462 → 566 (+22.5%)	117 → 123 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$119,013 → $141,618 (+19.0%)	—
Median home value	$1,144,900 → $1,496,700 (+30.7%)	$222,200 → $273,400 (+23.0%)

Elfin Forest

Population

462566

Median household income

$119,013$141,618

Median home value

$1,144,900$1,496,700

Mount Laguna

Population

117123

Median home value

$222,200$273,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
Under 5	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	15.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	44.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	23.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	21.2%	13.0%
75 and over	0.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	69.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
Drove alone	69.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Elfin Forest	Mount Laguna
Poverty rate	2.7%	13.0%
Average household size	3.23	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1986	1983