Emerald Lake Hills vs Moss Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Emerald Lake Hills and Moss Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emerald Lake Hills has the higher population (4,396 vs 3,016 in Moss Beach). Emerald Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $128,333 in Moss Beach). Emerald Lake Hills has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,112,900 in Moss Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
Population	4,396	3,016
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$128,333
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,112,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	1,634	1,050
Homeownership rate	92.2%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.6%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
Population	4,721 → 4,396 (-6.9%)	3,604 → 3,016 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$229,167 → $250,001 (+9.1%)	$108,860 → $128,333 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$1,989,200 → $2,000,001 (+0.5%)	$944,900 → $1,112,900 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$3,182 → $3,501 (+10.0%)	$1,822 → $3,067 (+68.3%)

Emerald Lake Hills

Population

4,7214,396

Median household income

$229,167$250,001

Median home value

$1,989,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,182$3,501

Moss Beach

Population

3,6043,016

Median household income

$108,860$128,333

Median home value

$944,900$1,112,900

Median gross rent

$1,822$3,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	5.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	18.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.7%
75 and over	5.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	58.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	9.8%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
No high school diploma	0.4%	18.3%
High school graduate	6.5%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.0%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
Drove alone	50.3%	56.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	11.8%
Public transit	1.7%	6.5%
Walked	4.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	5.7%
Worked from home	37.6%	18.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
1-unit, detached	99.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Lake Hills	Moss Beach
Poverty rate	1.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1983	1971