Eucalyptus Hills vs Lake San Marcos

A side-by-side comparison of Eucalyptus Hills and Lake San Marcos: population, income, housing, and more.

Eucalyptus Hills and Lake San Marcos are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eucalyptus Hills has the higher population (5,976 vs 4,996 in Lake San Marcos). Eucalyptus Hills has the higher median household income ($137,580 vs $100,676 in Lake San Marcos). Lake San Marcos has the higher median home value ($859,600 vs $821,900 in Eucalyptus Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
Population	5,976	4,996
Median age	40.4 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$137,580	$100,676
Median home value	$821,900	$859,600
Median gross rent	$1,750	$2,615
Housing units	1,886	2,285
Homeownership rate	82.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
Population	6,129 → 5,976 (-2.5%)	4,713 → 4,996 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$108,327 → $137,580 (+27.0%)	$71,923 → $100,676 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$596,700 → $821,900 (+37.7%)	$602,700 → $859,600 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $1,750 (-2.3%)	$1,988 → $2,615 (+31.5%)

Eucalyptus Hills

Population

6,1295,976

Median household income

$108,327$137,580

Median home value

$596,700$821,900

Median gross rent

$1,792$1,750

Lake San Marcos

Population

4,7134,996

Median household income

$71,923$100,676

Median home value

$602,700$859,600

Median gross rent

$1,988$2,615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
Under 5	7.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	9.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	20.0%
75 and over	7.5%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	67.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
No high school diploma	3.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
Drove alone	82.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	0.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
1-unit, detached	81.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eucalyptus Hills	Lake San Marcos
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1975	1979