What is the population of Lucerne CDP?

Lucerne CDP has 3,156 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #784 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Lucerne CDP?

Median household income in Lucerne CDP is $47,460 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lucerne CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,368 a month and the median home value is $234,400, so rent absorbs about 34.6% of median household income.

Is Lucerne CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lucerne CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 34.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lucerne, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lucerne, California (Lucerne, CA — Census place “Lucerne CDP”) is 3,156 residents, ranking #784 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $47,460, the median home is worth $234,400 and median gross rent runs $1,368 a month. Looking for the Lucerne California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lucerne, CA: 95458.

Population: 3,156Lucerne CDP residents
Median household income: $47,460Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $234,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,368Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.9%Owner-occupied households

Lucerne ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lucerne.

The Lucerne CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

95458

What the numbers mean in Lucerne CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lucerne CDP median would spend about 34.6% 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 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.5% of residents and 70.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lucerne CDP, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lucerne CDP is a small town in California, with 3,156 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #784 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 40.7 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 Lucerne CDP earn a median of $47,460 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 48% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lucerne CDP is valued at $234,400, 22.7% below the national figure and 60% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,368 a month, 2.7% below the national figure, or roughly $16,416 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 34.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 70.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lucerne CDP?: Lucerne CDP has 3,156 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #784 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Lucerne CDP?: Median household income in Lucerne CDP is $47,460 a year, 39.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lucerne CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,368 a month and the median home value is $234,400, so rent absorbs about 34.6% of median household income.
Is Lucerne CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lucerne CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 34.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lucerne CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.