Linda vs Plumas Lake

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

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

Linda has the higher population (23,215 vs 8,424 in Plumas Lake). Plumas Lake has the higher median household income ($114,083 vs $69,161 in Linda). Plumas Lake has the higher median home value ($525,900 vs $337,700 in Linda).

Population, income & housing

	Linda	Plumas Lake
Population	23,215	8,424
Median age	30.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,161	$114,083
Median home value	$337,700	$525,900
Median gross rent	$1,083	$2,290
Housing units	7,309	2,966
Homeownership rate	55.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linda	Plumas Lake
Population	20,228 → 23,215 (+14.8%)	7,573 → 8,424 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$46,373 → $69,161 (+49.1%)	$101,995 → $114,083 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$217,800 → $337,700 (+55.1%)	$321,900 → $525,900 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,083 (+19.4%)	$1,872 → $2,290 (+22.3%)

Linda

Population

20,22823,215

Median household income

$46,373$69,161

Median home value

$217,800$337,700

Median gross rent

$907$1,083

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)

	Linda	Plumas Lake
Under 5	9.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	6.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.2%
75 and over	2.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linda	Plumas Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	52.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	11.9%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.8%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linda	Plumas Lake
No high school diploma	18.2%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linda	Plumas Lake
Drove alone	76.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	12.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linda	Plumas Lake
1-unit, detached	64.0%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linda	Plumas Lake
Poverty rate	21.8%	5.6%
Average household size	3.23	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	43
Median year structure built	1987	2007