Hidden Meadows vs Lake San Marcos

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

Hidden Meadows 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.

Lake San Marcos has the higher population (4,996 vs 3,899 in Hidden Meadows). Hidden Meadows has the higher median household income ($119,394 vs $100,676 in Lake San Marcos). Lake San Marcos has the higher median home value ($859,600 vs $830,000 in Hidden Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
Population	3,899	4,996
Median age	58.0 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,394	$100,676
Median home value	$830,000	$859,600
Median gross rent	$2,307	$2,615
Housing units	2,003	2,285
Homeownership rate	92.0%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
Population	3,462 → 3,899 (+12.6%)	4,713 → 4,996 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$99,750 → $119,394 (+19.7%)	$71,923 → $100,676 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$619,600 → $830,000 (+34.0%)	$602,700 → $859,600 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,406 → $2,307 (-4.1%)	$1,988 → $2,615 (+31.5%)

Hidden Meadows

Population

3,4623,899

Median household income

$99,750$119,394

Median home value

$619,600$830,000

Median gross rent

$2,406$2,307

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)

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
Under 5	7.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	4.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	19.7%	20.0%
75 and over	16.2%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	67.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	15.7%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
Drove alone	81.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
1-unit, detached	75.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	8.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hidden Meadows	Lake San Marcos
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1984	1979