Corning vs Lake California

A side-by-side comparison of Corning and Lake California: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corning has the higher population (8,168 vs 3,805 in Lake California). Lake California has the higher median household income ($95,278 vs $55,732 in Corning). Lake California has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $274,600 in Corning).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Lake California
Population	8,168	3,805
Median age	31.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,732	$95,278
Median home value	$274,600	$338,700
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,714
Housing units	2,697	1,423
Homeownership rate	51.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Lake California
Population	7,590 → 8,168 (+7.6%)	3,329 → 3,805 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$43,042 → $55,732 (+29.5%)	$67,063 → $95,278 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $274,600 (+63.7%)	$204,900 → $338,700 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,116 (+34.1%)	$1,353 → $1,714 (+26.7%)

Corning

Population

7,5908,168

Median household income

$43,042$55,732

Median home value

$167,700$274,600

Median gross rent

$832$1,116

Lake California

Population

3,3293,805

Median household income

$67,063$95,278

Median home value

$204,900$338,700

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Lake California
Under 5	9.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.8%
75 and over	4.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Lake California
White (non-Hispanic)	34.6%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	6.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	59.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Lake California
No high school diploma	22.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Lake California
Drove alone	75.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	17.9%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Lake California
1-unit, detached	70.3%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Lake California
Poverty rate	13.7%	12.0%
Average household size	3.28	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	38
Median year structure built	1980	2000