Beale AFB vs Plumas Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Beale AFB and Plumas Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plumas Lake has the higher population (8,424 vs 1,174 in Beale AFB). Plumas Lake has the higher median household income ($114,083 vs $68,676 in Beale AFB). Since 2019, Beale AFB's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs +11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
Population	1,174	8,424
Median age	24.4 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,676	$114,083
Median home value	—	$525,900
Median gross rent	$2,558	$2,290
Housing units	382	2,966
Homeownership rate	1.4%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
Population	1,020 → 1,174 (+15.1%)	7,573 → 8,424 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $68,676 (+35.9%)	$101,995 → $114,083 (+11.9%)
Median home value	—	$321,900 → $525,900 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,986 → $2,558 (+28.8%)	$1,872 → $2,290 (+22.3%)

Beale AFB

Population

1,0201,174

Median household income

$50,536$68,676

Median gross rent

$1,986$2,558

Plumas Lake

Population

7,5738,424

Median household income

$101,995$114,083

Median home value

$321,900$525,900

Median gross rent

$1,872$2,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
Under 5	16.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	14.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	21.5%	15.1%
35 to 44	21.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	1.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	2.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.2%
75 and over	0.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	52.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	3.8%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
No high school diploma	3.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	13.3%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
Drove alone	82.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
1-unit, detached	69.9%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beale AFB	Plumas Lake
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.6%
Average household size	3.19	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	43
Median year structure built	2013	2007