California · Census place 39486
Lake Elsinore city, CA
Quick answer
Lake Elsinore city has 71,516 residents, ranking #125 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $96,527, the median home is worth $505,700 and median gross rent runs $1,915 a month.
- Population
- 71,516Lake Elsinore city residents
- Median household income
- $96,527Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $505,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,915Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 71.6%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Lake Elsinore city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Lake Elsinore city median would spend about 23.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.4% of residents and 71.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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