Columbia vs Pine Mountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia and Pine Mountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pine Mountain Lake has the higher population (2,758 vs 2,645 in Columbia). Pine Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($68,000 vs $57,647 in Columbia). Columbia has the higher median home value ($396,200 vs $381,000 in Pine Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
Population	2,645	2,758
Median age	49.2 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,647	$68,000
Median home value	$396,200	$381,000
Median gross rent	$1,054	$1,488
Housing units	1,338	3,101
Homeownership rate	71.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
Population	2,226 → 2,645 (+18.8%)	2,772 → 2,758 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$38,679 → $57,647 (+49.0%)	$56,667 → $68,000 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$318,100 → $396,200 (+24.6%)	$309,200 → $381,000 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $1,054 (+49.3%)	$749 → $1,488 (+98.7%)

Columbia

Population

2,2262,645

Median household income

$38,679$57,647

Median home value

$318,100$396,200

Median gross rent

$706$1,054

Pine Mountain Lake

Population

2,7722,758

Median household income

$56,667$68,000

Median home value

$309,200$381,000

Median gross rent

$749$1,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
Under 5	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	8.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	17.2%	24.5%
75 and over	16.1%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	5.3%
Two or more races	9.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	21.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
Drove alone	62.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	57.4%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Pine Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	14.6%	6.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1981	1984