Lake California vs Manton

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

Lake California and Manton 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 628 in Manton). Manton has the higher median household income ($132,535 vs $95,278 in Lake California). Manton has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $338,700 in Lake California).

Population, income & housing

	Lake California	Manton
Population	3,805	628
Median age	42.2 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,278	$132,535
Median home value	$338,700	$427,400
Median gross rent	$1,714	—
Housing units	1,423	216
Homeownership rate	83.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake California	Manton
Population	3,329 → 3,805 (+14.3%)	350 → 628 (+79.4%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $95,278 (+42.1%)	$39,250 → $132,535 (+237.7%)
Median home value	$204,900 → $338,700 (+65.3%)	$538,500 → $427,400 (-20.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,714 (+26.7%)	—

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

Manton

Population

350628

Median household income

$39,250$132,535

Median home value

$538,500$427,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake California	Manton
Under 5	1.1%	12.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	28.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	19.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	1.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	4.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	15.9%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake California	Manton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	50.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	44.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake California	Manton
No high school diploma	5.6%	34.8%
High school graduate	21.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake California	Manton
Drove alone	79.3%	95.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake California	Manton
1-unit, detached	88.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake California	Manton
Poverty rate	12.0%	46.0%
Average household size	2.68	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	2000	1987