Lake California vs Red Bluff

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

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

Red Bluff has the higher population (14,592 vs 3,805 in Lake California). Lake California has the higher median household income ($95,278 vs $50,216 in Red Bluff). Lake California has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $271,100 in Red Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Lake California	Red Bluff
Population	3,805	14,592
Median age	42.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,278	$50,216
Median home value	$338,700	$271,100
Median gross rent	$1,714	$1,068
Housing units	1,423	6,356
Homeownership rate	83.1%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake California	Red Bluff
Population	3,329 → 3,805 (+14.3%)	14,264 → 14,592 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$67,063 → $95,278 (+42.1%)	$31,450 → $50,216 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$204,900 → $338,700 (+65.3%)	$174,300 → $271,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,714 (+26.7%)	$867 → $1,068 (+23.2%)

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

Red Bluff

Population

14,26414,592

Median household income

$31,450$50,216

Median home value

$174,300$271,100

Median gross rent

$867$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake California	Red Bluff
Under 5	1.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.6%
75 and over	6.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake California	Red Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	12.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake California	Red Bluff
No high school diploma	5.6%	13.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake California	Red Bluff
Drove alone	79.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	14.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake California	Red Bluff
1-unit, detached	88.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake California	Red Bluff
Poverty rate	12.0%	17.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	38	18
Median year structure built	2000	1977