Lake Nacimiento vs Los Ranchos

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

Lake Nacimiento and Los Ranchos 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 1,521 in Los Ranchos). Los Ranchos has the higher median household income ($146,667 vs $85,000 in Lake Nacimiento). Los Ranchos has the higher median home value ($1,231,000 vs $475,700 in Lake Nacimiento).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
Population	3,464	1,521
Median age	39.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$146,667
Median home value	$475,700	$1,231,000
Median gross rent	$1,971	—
Housing units	1,961	655
Homeownership rate	83.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
Population	2,981 → 3,464 (+16.2%)	1,639 → 1,521 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)	$180,875 → $146,667 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$366,400 → $475,700 (+29.8%)	$992,100 → $1,231,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $1,971 (+12.0%)	—

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

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)

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
Under 5	8.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.1%
18 to 24	2.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	3.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.5%
75 and over	3.7%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	81.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.7%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	52.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
Drove alone	74.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	15.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
1-unit, detached	61.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Nacimiento	Los Ranchos
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	44	17
Median year structure built	1987	1982