Cayucos vs Lake Nacimiento

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

Cayucos 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 2,517 in Cayucos). Lake Nacimiento has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $82,778 in Cayucos). Cayucos has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $475,700 in Lake Nacimiento).

Population, income & housing

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
Population	2,517	3,464
Median age	60.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,778	$85,000
Median home value	$947,000	$475,700
Median gross rent	$1,551	$1,971
Housing units	2,394	1,961
Homeownership rate	57.1%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
Population	2,630 → 2,517 (-4.3%)	2,981 → 3,464 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$64,246 → $82,778 (+28.8%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$770,100 → $947,000 (+23.0%)	$366,400 → $475,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,551 (+23.4%)	$1,760 → $1,971 (+12.0%)

Cayucos

Population

2,6302,517

Median household income

$64,246$82,778

Median home value

$770,100$947,000

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,551

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)

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
Under 5	1.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	4.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	23.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	24.2%	15.4%
75 and over	11.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	70.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	1.8%	3.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	15.6%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
Drove alone	72.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.8%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
1-unit, detached	81.2%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Cayucos	Lake Nacimiento
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.9%
Average household size	1.92	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	37	44
Median year structure built	1973	1987