Lemon Cove vs Plainview

A side-by-side comparison of Lemon Cove and Plainview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plainview has the higher population (519 vs 441 in Lemon Cove). Plainview has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $58,869 in Lemon Cove). Lemon Cove has the higher median home value ($272,000 vs $191,300 in Plainview).

Population, income & housing

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
Population	441	519
Median age	32.5 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,869	$65,938
Median home value	$272,000	$191,300
Housing units	170	164
Homeownership rate	79.3%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	33.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
Population	232 → 441 (+90.1%)	887 → 519 (-41.5%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $58,869 (-14.4%)	$20,556 → $65,938 (+220.8%)
Median home value	$206,800 → $272,000 (+31.5%)	$76,300 → $191,300 (+150.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$639 → $1,025 (+60.4%)

Lemon Cove

Population

232441

Median household income

$68,750$58,869

Median home value

$206,800$272,000

Plainview

Population

887519

Median household income

$20,556$65,938

Median home value

$76,300$191,300

Median gross rent

$639$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
Under 5	11.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	28.6%	27.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	22.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	3.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	5.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	19.5%	11.0%
75 and over	2.7%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	0.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.6%	97.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
No high school diploma	21.2%	58.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	1.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
Drove alone	94.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
1-unit, detached	67.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Lemon Cove	Plainview
Poverty rate	52.6%	46.8%
Average household size	3.04	4.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1976	1964