Lake Hughes, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Lake Hughes CDP is a very small community in California, with 875 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1096 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 32% of them. The median age here is 42 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Lake Hughes CDP earn a median of $110,438 a year, 40.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 10.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lake Hughes CDP is valued at $519,400, 71.2% above the national figure and 12% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,031 a month, 44.5% above the national figure, or roughly $24,372 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

With 875 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Lake Hughes CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.