Lathrop vs Mountain House

A side-by-side comparison of Lathrop and Mountain House: population, income, housing, and more.

Lathrop and Mountain House are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lathrop has the higher population (32,696 vs 25,108 in Mountain House). Mountain House has the higher median household income ($171,675 vs $118,605 in Lathrop). Mountain House has the higher median home value ($859,700 vs $605,000 in Lathrop).

Population, income & housing

	Lathrop	Mountain House
Population	32,696	25,108
Median age	34.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,605	$171,675
Median home value	$605,000	$859,700
Median gross rent	$2,367	$3,232
Housing units	8,825	6,958
Homeownership rate	83.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lathrop	Mountain House
Population	22,341 → 32,696 (+46.3%)	17,966 → 25,108 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$85,805 → $118,605 (+38.2%)	$140,801 → $171,675 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $605,000 (+68.6%)	$595,700 → $859,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,367 (+38.0%)	$2,547 → $3,232 (+26.9%)

Lathrop

Population

22,34132,696

Median household income

$85,805$118,605

Median home value

$358,900$605,000

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,367

Mountain House

Population

17,96625,108

Median household income

$140,801$171,675

Median home value

$595,700$859,700

Median gross rent

$2,547$3,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lathrop	Mountain House
Under 5	7.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	26.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.8%
35 to 44	16.0%	19.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	4.6%
75 and over	3.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lathrop	Mountain House
White (non-Hispanic)	18.8%	21.7%
Black or African American	7.1%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	32.3%	55.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lathrop	Mountain House
No high school diploma	17.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lathrop	Mountain House
Drove alone	71.5%	62.8%
Carpooled	13.7%	14.0%
Public transit	2.1%	1.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	18.6%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lathrop	Mountain House
1-unit, detached	91.7%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lathrop	Mountain House
Poverty rate	8.6%	2.7%
Average household size	3.86	3.80
Mean commute (minutes)	44	55
Median year structure built	2005	2010