Lake Nacimiento vs San Miguel

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

Lake Nacimiento and San Miguel 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 2,956 in San Miguel). Lake Nacimiento has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $76,563 in San Miguel). Lake Nacimiento has the higher median home value ($475,700 vs $453,000 in San Miguel).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
Population	3,464	2,956
Median age	39.4 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$76,563
Median home value	$475,700	$453,000
Median gross rent	$1,971	$1,810
Housing units	1,961	813
Homeownership rate	83.4%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
Population	2,981 → 3,464 (+16.2%)	2,906 → 2,956 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)	$64,044 → $76,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$366,400 → $475,700 (+29.8%)	$330,100 → $453,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $1,971 (+12.0%)	$1,639 → $1,810 (+10.4%)

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

San Miguel

Population

2,9062,956

Median household income

$64,044$76,563

Median home value

$330,100$453,000

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
Under 5	8.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	29.1%
18 to 24	2.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	4.1%
75 and over	3.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	18.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	79.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
No high school diploma	5.4%	32.5%
High school graduate	21.7%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	52.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
Drove alone	74.9%	64.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	30.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	4.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
1-unit, detached	61.8%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Nacimiento	San Miguel
Poverty rate	4.9%	23.1%
Average household size	2.54	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	44	23
Median year structure built	1987	2003