Challenge-Brownsville vs Plumas Lake

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

Challenge-Brownsville 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 792 in Challenge-Brownsville). Plumas Lake has the higher median household income ($114,083 vs $99,511 in Challenge-Brownsville). Plumas Lake has the higher median home value ($525,900 vs $338,900 in Challenge-Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
Population	792	8,424
Median age	37.9 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,511	$114,083
Median home value	$338,900	$525,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,290
Housing units	612	2,966
Homeownership rate	88.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
Population	719 → 792 (+10.2%)	7,573 → 8,424 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$59,802 → $99,511 (+66.4%)	$101,995 → $114,083 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$270,500 → $338,900 (+25.3%)	$321,900 → $525,900 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,872 → $2,290 (+22.3%)

Challenge-Brownsville

Population

719792

Median household income

$59,802$99,511

Median home value

$270,500$338,900

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)

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
Under 5	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.9%	21.9%
18 to 24	0.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	18.0%
45 to 54	4.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	31.9%	6.4%
65 to 74	2.1%	5.2%
75 and over	10.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	52.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
No high school diploma	34.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	9.6%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
1-unit, detached	79.6%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Challenge-Brownsville	Plumas Lake
Poverty rate	22.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	43
Median year structure built	1976	2007