Pine Mountain Lake vs Twain Harte

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

Pine Mountain Lake and Twain Harte 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 2,373 in Twain Harte). Twain Harte has the higher median household income ($87,018 vs $68,000 in Pine Mountain Lake). Twain Harte has the higher median home value ($463,200 vs $381,000 in Pine Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
Population	2,758	2,373
Median age	61.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,000	$87,018
Median home value	$381,000	$463,200
Median gross rent	$1,488	$2,109
Housing units	3,101	2,187
Homeownership rate	89.5%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
Population	2,772 → 2,758 (-0.5%)	2,311 → 2,373 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $68,000 (+20.0%)	$67,306 → $87,018 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$309,200 → $381,000 (+23.2%)	$314,100 → $463,200 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,488 (+98.7%)	$1,332 → $2,109 (+58.3%)

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

Twain Harte

Population

2,3112,373

Median household income

$67,306$87,018

Median home value

$314,100$463,200

Median gross rent

$1,332$2,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
Under 5	5.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	8.0%	4.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	24.5%	19.5%
75 and over	18.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
Drove alone	79.6%	70.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	20.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
1-unit, detached	94.8%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Pine Mountain Lake	Twain Harte
Poverty rate	6.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	35	43
Median year structure built	1984	1973