Lake Sherwood vs Somis

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

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

Lake Sherwood has the higher population (1,515 vs 1,260 in Somis). Lake Sherwood has the higher median household income ($244,239 vs $144,018 in Somis). Lake Sherwood has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,158,700 in Somis).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
Population	1,515	1,260
Median age	54.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$244,239	$144,018
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,158,700
Median gross rent	—	$2,616
Housing units	664	491
Homeownership rate	88.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.1%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
Population	1,677 → 1,515 (-9.7%)	1,189 → 1,260 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $244,239 (-2.3%)	$101,875 → $144,018 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$1,830,000 → $2,000,001 (+9.3%)	$848,300 → $1,158,700 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,339 (-4.6%)	$2,043 → $2,616 (+28.0%)

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

Somis

Population

1,1891,260

Median household income

$101,875$144,018

Median home value

$848,300$1,158,700

Median gross rent

$2,043$2,616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
Under 5	0.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	5.8%
55 to 64	23.0%	20.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.3%
75 and over	10.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	63.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	6.3%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	45.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
Drove alone	68.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
1-unit, detached	88.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
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

	Lake Sherwood	Somis
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1997	1978