Bell Canyon vs Lake Sherwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Canyon and Lake Sherwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bell Canyon has the higher population (1,896 vs 1,515 in Lake Sherwood). Bell Canyon has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $244,239 in Lake Sherwood). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
Population	1,896	1,515
Median age	52.3 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$244,239
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Housing units	626	664
Homeownership rate	97.9%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	70.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
Population	2,109 → 1,896 (-10.1%)	1,677 → 1,515 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$212,045 → $250,001 (+17.9%)	$250,001 → $244,239 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$1,480,500 → $2,000,001 (+35.1%)	$1,830,000 → $2,000,001 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,917 → $3,417 (+17.1%)	$3,501 → $3,339 (-4.6%)

Bell Canyon

Population

2,1091,896

Median household income

$212,045$250,001

Median home value

$1,480,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,917$3,417

Lake Sherwood

Population

1,6771,515

Median household income

$250,001$244,239

Median home value

$1,830,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
Under 5	1.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	14.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	4.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	4.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	25.5%	23.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.0%
75 and over	10.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.7%	12.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	16.6%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	45.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
Drove alone	65.1%	68.3%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	25.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bell Canyon	Lake Sherwood
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.4%
Average household size	3.29	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1983	1997