Plumas Lake vs Wheatland

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

Plumas Lake and Wheatland 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 3,790 in Wheatland). Plumas Lake has the higher median household income ($114,083 vs $81,827 in Wheatland). Plumas Lake has the higher median home value ($525,900 vs $387,300 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
Population	8,424	3,790
Median age	33.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,083	$81,827
Median home value	$525,900	$387,300
Median gross rent	$2,290	$1,210
Housing units	2,966	1,375
Homeownership rate	88.4%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
Population	7,573 → 8,424 (+11.2%)	3,810 → 3,790 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$101,995 → $114,083 (+11.9%)	$75,066 → $81,827 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$321,900 → $525,900 (+63.4%)	$264,300 → $387,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,872 → $2,290 (+22.3%)	$1,273 → $1,210 (-4.9%)

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

Wheatland

Population

3,8103,790

Median household income

$75,066$81,827

Median home value

$264,300$387,300

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
Under 5	9.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	5.3%
55 to 64	6.4%	18.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.8%
75 and over	1.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	63.3%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.6%
High school graduate	23.4%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
Drove alone	78.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	99.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Plumas Lake	Wheatland
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	2007	1995