Fall River Mills vs Lakehead

A side-by-side comparison of Fall River Mills and Lakehead: population, income, housing, and more.

Fall River Mills and Lakehead are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakehead has the higher population (523 vs 511 in Fall River Mills). Since 2019, Fall River Mills's population has grown faster (+86.5% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
Population	511	523
Median age	27.9 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,684
Median home value	—	$216,300
Median gross rent	—	$970
Housing units	224	363
Homeownership rate	44.8%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	43.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
Population	274 → 511 (+86.5%)	670 → 523 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$41,417 → $36,827 (-11.1%)	$52,625 → $41,684 (-20.8%)
Median home value	$268,900 → $268,800 (-0.0%)	$206,500 → $216,300 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,198 → $970 (-19.0%)

Fall River Mills

Population

274511

Median household income

$41,417$36,827

Median home value

$268,900$268,800

Lakehead

Population

670523

Median household income

$52,625$41,684

Median home value

$206,500$216,300

Median gross rent

$1,198$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
Under 5	14.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	1.1%
18 to 24	18.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	2.9%
45 to 54	4.1%	18.9%
55 to 64	1.8%	22.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.2%
75 and over	7.8%	31.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	38.0%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
No high school diploma	1.4%	15.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	55.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
Drove alone	75.4%	56.1%
Carpooled	24.6%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	9.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
1-unit, detached	64.3%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	26.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.0%

Poverty & households

	Fall River Mills	Lakehead
Poverty rate	2.0%	22.4%
Average household size	3.04	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1981	1970