Lakehead vs Mountain Gate

A side-by-side comparison of Lakehead and Mountain Gate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Gate has the higher population (763 vs 523 in Lakehead). Lakehead has the higher median household income ($41,684 vs $26,655 in Mountain Gate). Lakehead has the higher median home value ($216,300 vs $144,900 in Mountain Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
Population	523	763
Median age	63.6 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,684	$26,655
Median home value	$216,300	$144,900
Median gross rent	$970	$1,433
Housing units	363	458
Homeownership rate	85.1%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
Population	670 → 523 (-21.9%)	952 → 763 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$52,625 → $41,684 (-20.8%)	$30,060 → $26,655 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$206,500 → $216,300 (+4.7%)	$119,800 → $144,900 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,198 → $970 (-19.0%)	$882 → $1,433 (+62.5%)

Lakehead

Population

670523

Median household income

$52,625$41,684

Median home value

$206,500$216,300

Median gross rent

$1,198$970

Mountain Gate

Population

952763

Median household income

$30,060$26,655

Median home value

$119,800$144,900

Median gross rent

$882$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
Under 5	1.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	1.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	2.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	18.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	22.8%	27.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.5%
75 and over	31.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
No high school diploma	15.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
Drove alone	56.1%	81.6%
Carpooled	17.4%	4.4%
Public transit	9.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
1-unit, detached	53.4%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.0%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakehead	Mountain Gate
Poverty rate	22.4%	52.0%
Average household size	1.95	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1970	1973