Ladera vs Pescadero

A side-by-side comparison of Ladera and Pescadero: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ladera has the higher population (1,160 vs 478 in Pescadero). Ladera has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,843,800 in Pescadero). Since 2019, Pescadero's population has grown faster (+118.3% vs -27.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Ladera	Pescadero
Population	1,160	478
Median age	60.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	—
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,843,800
Housing units	496	134
Homeownership rate	96.2%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.4%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladera	Pescadero
Population	1,607 → 1,160 (-27.8%)	219 → 478 (+118.3%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	—
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$986,800 → $1,843,800 (+86.8%)

Ladera

Population

1,6071,160

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Pescadero

Population

219478

Median home value

$986,800$1,843,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladera	Pescadero
Under 5	3.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.2%	6.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	14.6%
25 to 34	3.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	1.1%	32.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	26.6%	5.2%
75 and over	15.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladera	Pescadero
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	30.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	55.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladera	Pescadero
No high school diploma	0.0%	40.3%
High school graduate	7.1%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	5.5%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	63.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladera	Pescadero
Drove alone	79.2%	47.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	28.3%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladera	Pescadero
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Ladera	Pescadero
Poverty rate	1.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.34	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1962	1994