Callender vs Lake Nacimiento

A side-by-side comparison of Callender and Lake Nacimiento: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Nacimiento has the higher population (3,464 vs 2,764 in Callender). Callender has the higher median household income ($136,458 vs $85,000 in Lake Nacimiento). Callender has the higher median home value ($1,020,400 vs $475,700 in Lake Nacimiento).

Population, income & housing

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
Population	2,764	3,464
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$136,458	$85,000
Median home value	$1,020,400	$475,700
Median gross rent	$2,439	$1,971
Housing units	1,010	1,961
Homeownership rate	55.8%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
Population	1,215 → 2,764 (+127.5%)	2,981 → 3,464 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$85,769 → $136,458 (+59.1%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$683,000 → $1,020,400 (+49.4%)	$366,400 → $475,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $2,439 (+67.2%)	$1,760 → $1,971 (+12.0%)

Callender

Population

1,2152,764

Median household income

$85,769$136,458

Median home value

$683,000$1,020,400

Median gross rent

$1,459$2,439

Lake Nacimiento

Population

2,9813,464

Median household income

$70,000$85,000

Median home value

$366,400$475,700

Median gross rent

$1,760$1,971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
Under 5	18.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	17.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.4%
75 and over	6.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	70.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
Drove alone	88.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
1-unit, detached	92.2%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Callender	Lake Nacimiento
Poverty rate	20.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.90	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	44
Median year structure built	1987	1987