Blacklake vs Santa Margarita

A side-by-side comparison of Blacklake and Santa Margarita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blacklake has the higher population (1,122 vs 665 in Santa Margarita). Blacklake has the higher median home value ($821,600 vs $643,100 in Santa Margarita). Since 2019, Blacklake's population has grown faster (+32.0% vs -40.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
Population	1,122	665
Median age	69.3 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$99,191	—
Median home value	$821,600	$643,100
Median gross rent	$3,203	$634
Housing units	677	459
Homeownership rate	83.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
Population	850 → 1,122 (+32.0%)	1,122 → 665 (-40.7%)
Median household income	$83,203 → $99,191 (+19.2%)	—
Median home value	$788,700 → $821,600 (+4.2%)	$525,300 → $643,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,388 → $3,203 (+34.1%)	$978 → $634 (-35.2%)

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

Santa Margarita

Population

1,122665

Median home value

$525,300$643,100

Median gross rent

$978$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	3.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	21.4%
65 to 74	35.0%	6.8%
75 and over	23.0%	28.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	9.2%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
Drove alone	62.8%	36.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	32.9%	34.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
1-unit, detached	98.1%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	51.9%

Poverty & households

	Blacklake	Santa Margarita
Poverty rate	0.7%	2.1%
Average household size	2.00	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1996	1986