Lower Lake is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,276 people and just one neighborhood, Lower Lake is the 725th largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Lower Lake was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Lower Lake economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Lower Lake, where the median household income is $35,930.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lower Lake is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lower Lake is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lower Lake who work in maintenance occupations (25.26%), food service (18.89%), and personal care services (10.88%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lower Lake has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lower Lake a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Lower Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.70 minutes every day commuting to work.
Lower Lake is a very car-oriented town. 97.40% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Lower Lake is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Lower Lake has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Lower Lake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Lower Lake with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.58% of adults in Lower Lake have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lower Lake in 2022 was $15,644, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,576 for a family of four. However, Lower Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lower Lake also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 46.49% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Lower Lake is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lower Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Lower Lake, accounting for 59.65% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lower Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lower Lake include English, German, Portuguese, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Lower Lake is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Lower Lake, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 10.0% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% of all neighborhoods in America.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.6% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in California, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in California.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 3.0% have Portuguese ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lower Lake are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 50.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.4%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 72.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (24.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Lower Lake, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (27.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.9%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (10.0%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (88.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.