Cambria vs Lake Nacimiento

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

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

Cambria has the higher population (6,038 vs 3,464 in Lake Nacimiento). Cambria has the higher median household income ($89,049 vs $85,000 in Lake Nacimiento). Cambria has the higher median home value ($868,400 vs $475,700 in Lake Nacimiento).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
Population	6,038	3,464
Median age	61.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,049	$85,000
Median home value	$868,400	$475,700
Median gross rent	$1,923	$1,971
Housing units	4,119	1,961
Homeownership rate	77.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
Population	5,647 → 6,038 (+6.9%)	2,981 → 3,464 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $89,049 (+27.2%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$664,000 → $868,400 (+30.8%)	$366,400 → $475,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,923 (+31.0%)	$1,760 → $1,971 (+12.0%)

Cambria

Population

5,6476,038

Median household income

$70,000$89,049

Median home value

$664,000$868,400

Median gross rent

$1,468$1,923

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)

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
Under 5	2.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	3.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	26.2%	15.4%
75 and over	18.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	70.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	2.6%	3.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	15.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
Drove alone	63.8%	74.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.4%	1.6%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	16.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
1-unit, detached	91.6%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Lake Nacimiento
Poverty rate	9.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	44
Median year structure built	1984	1987