Lake Sherwood vs Piru

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

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

Piru has the higher population (2,283 vs 1,515 in Lake Sherwood). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($244,239 vs $96,765 in Piru). Lake Sherwood has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $586,400 in Piru).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
Population	1,515	2,283
Median age	54.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$244,239	$96,765
Median home value	$2,000,001	$586,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,452
Housing units	664	662
Homeownership rate	88.2%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
Population	1,677 → 1,515 (-9.7%)	1,805 → 2,283 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $244,239 (-2.3%)	$47,216 → $96,765 (+104.9%)
Median home value	$1,830,000 → $2,000,001 (+9.3%)	$341,400 → $586,400 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,339 (-4.6%)	$1,211 → $1,452 (+19.9%)

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

Piru

Population

1,8052,283

Median household income

$47,216$96,765

Median home value

$341,400$586,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,452

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
Under 5	0.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	23.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	14.2%
75 and over	10.2%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	9.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	86.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
No high school diploma	2.3%	31.8%
High school graduate	6.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	45.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
Drove alone	68.3%	65.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
1-unit, detached	88.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Sherwood	Piru
Poverty rate	2.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.63	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1997	1993