Phoenix Lake vs Pine Mountain Lake

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

Phoenix Lake 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.

Phoenix Lake has the higher population (4,505 vs 2,758 in Pine Mountain Lake). Phoenix Lake has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $68,000 in Pine Mountain Lake). Phoenix Lake has the higher median home value ($455,000 vs $381,000 in Pine Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
Population	4,505	2,758
Median age	56.5 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$68,000
Median home value	$455,000	$381,000
Median gross rent	$1,724	$1,488
Housing units	2,200	3,101
Homeownership rate	87.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
Population	4,511 → 4,505 (-0.1%)	2,772 → 2,758 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$71,397 → $78,750 (+10.3%)	$56,667 → $68,000 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$346,100 → $455,000 (+31.5%)	$309,200 → $381,000 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,724 (+19.3%)	$749 → $1,488 (+98.7%)

Phoenix Lake

Population

4,5114,505

Median household income

$71,397$78,750

Median home value

$346,100$455,000

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,724

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)

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
Under 5	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	8.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	20.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	16.2%	24.5%
75 and over	14.8%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	19.4%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	48.3%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
Drove alone	74.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	90.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Phoenix Lake	Pine Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1978	1984