Olivehurst vs Plumas Lake

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

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

Olivehurst has the higher population (19,071 vs 8,424 in Plumas Lake). Plumas Lake has the higher median household income ($114,083 vs $80,477 in Olivehurst). Plumas Lake has the higher median home value ($525,900 vs $337,300 in Olivehurst).

Population, income & housing

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
Population	19,071	8,424
Median age	32.5 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,477	$114,083
Median home value	$337,300	$525,900
Median gross rent	$1,218	$2,290
Housing units	5,750	2,966
Homeownership rate	69.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
Population	13,464 → 19,071 (+41.6%)	7,573 → 8,424 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$48,598 → $80,477 (+65.6%)	$101,995 → $114,083 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $337,300 (+94.9%)	$321,900 → $525,900 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,218 (+23.3%)	$1,872 → $2,290 (+22.3%)

Olivehurst

Population

13,46419,071

Median household income

$48,598$80,477

Median home value

$173,100$337,300

Median gross rent

$988$1,218

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)

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
Under 5	5.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	21.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.2%
75 and over	4.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	52.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.6%
Asian	8.7%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	41.2%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
No high school diploma	19.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
Drove alone	77.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
1-unit, detached	80.9%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olivehurst	Plumas Lake
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.6%
Average household size	3.50	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	32	43
Median year structure built	1983	2007