Gerber vs Lake California

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

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

Lake California has the higher population (3,805 vs 934 in Gerber). Lake California has the higher median household income ($95,278 vs $30,694 in Gerber). Lake California has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $129,800 in Gerber).

Population, income & housing

	Gerber	Lake California
Population	934	3,805
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,694	$95,278
Median home value	$129,800	$338,700
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,714
Housing units	532	1,423
Homeownership rate	51.2%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gerber	Lake California
Population	1,140 → 934 (-18.1%)	3,329 → 3,805 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$47,557 → $30,694 (-35.5%)	$67,063 → $95,278 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $129,800 (+5.7%)	$204,900 → $338,700 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $1,245 (+79.7%)	$1,353 → $1,714 (+26.7%)

Gerber

Population

1,140934

Median household income

$47,557$30,694

Median home value

$122,800$129,800

Median gross rent

$693$1,245

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)

	Gerber	Lake California
Under 5	1.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	28.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	19.6%	12.8%
75 and over	3.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gerber	Lake California
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gerber	Lake California
No high school diploma	40.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gerber	Lake California
Drove alone	69.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	6.7%
Other means	9.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gerber	Lake California
1-unit, detached	72.0%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Gerber	Lake California
Poverty rate	35.2%	12.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1977	2000