Blacklake vs Los Ranchos

A side-by-side comparison of Blacklake and Los Ranchos: population, income, housing, and more.

Blacklake and Los Ranchos are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Los Ranchos has the higher population (1,521 vs 1,122 in Blacklake). Los Ranchos has the higher median household income ($146,667 vs $99,191 in Blacklake). Los Ranchos has the higher median home value ($1,231,000 vs $821,600 in Blacklake).

Population, income & housing

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
Population	1,122	1,521
Median age	69.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,191	$146,667
Median home value	$821,600	$1,231,000
Median gross rent	$3,203	—
Housing units	677	655
Homeownership rate	83.3%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
Population	850 → 1,122 (+32.0%)	1,639 → 1,521 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$83,203 → $99,191 (+19.2%)	$180,875 → $146,667 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$788,700 → $821,600 (+4.2%)	$992,100 → $1,231,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,388 → $3,203 (+34.1%)	—

Blacklake

Population

8501,122

Median household income

$83,203$99,191

Median home value

$788,700$821,600

Median gross rent

$2,388$3,203

Los Ranchos

Population

1,6391,521

Median household income

$180,875$146,667

Median home value

$992,100$1,231,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
Under 5	6.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	2.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	3.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	35.0%	14.5%
75 and over	23.0%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
Drove alone	62.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
1-unit, detached	98.1%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Blacklake	Los Ranchos
Poverty rate	0.7%	0.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1996	1982