Marysville vs Plumas Lake

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

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

Marysville has the higher population (12,703 vs 8,424 in Plumas Lake). Plumas Lake has the higher median household income ($114,083 vs $58,150 in Marysville). Plumas Lake has the higher median home value ($525,900 vs $282,700 in Marysville).

Population, income & housing

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
Population	12,703	8,424
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,150	$114,083
Median home value	$282,700	$525,900
Median gross rent	$1,223	$2,290
Housing units	5,214	2,966
Homeownership rate	39.6%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
Population	12,327 → 12,703 (+3.1%)	7,573 → 8,424 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$44,839 → $58,150 (+29.7%)	$101,995 → $114,083 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$207,200 → $282,700 (+36.4%)	$321,900 → $525,900 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,223 (+31.1%)	$1,872 → $2,290 (+22.3%)

Marysville

Population

12,32712,703

Median household income

$44,839$58,150

Median home value

$207,200$282,700

Median gross rent

$933$1,223

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)

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
Under 5	7.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.2%
75 and over	5.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	52.4%
Black or African American	3.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	6.4%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
Drove alone	82.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
1-unit, detached	44.7%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marysville	Plumas Lake
Poverty rate	22.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	43
Median year structure built	1969	2007