Lake Don PedroCA
The town, home to 1,308 people, lies in California.
Is Lake Don Pedro a good place to live?
The best of Lake Don Pedro’s subject grades is a B+ for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Lake Don Pedro’s mean commuting time is 62 minutes, where California’s towns sit at 28 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 10 of California’s 1,063 towns score lower on walkability. The typical home is worth about $405K, 5.9 years of the county’s $68K median household income. 16% of the land in Lake Don Pedro is conserved, where California’s towns sit at 4.3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Barrett Cove Recreation Area, at 413 acres. Lake Don Pedro has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Lake Don Pedro has grown 64% from 2010 to 2020
1,077 counted in 2010 and 1,765 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lake Don Pedro grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Lake Don Pedro is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lake Don Pedro: who provides what
Lake Don Pedro is unincorporated, so Mariposa County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Don Pedro.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Lake Don Pedro, mostly wildfire
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Lake Don Pedro beat 55% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Mariposa County Unified school district. Lake Don Pedro’s only public school teaches 195 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Don Pedro ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 195 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Lake Don Pedro has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Among working residents in Lake Don Pedro, 2.4% work locally. Jobs in Lake Don Pedro grew by 47 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 85. The top destinations are Modesto (6%), Fresno (4%) and San Jose (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 63 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Lake Don Pedro are less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
For adults in Lake Don Pedro, the share who smoke cigarettes is 15%. The town does better than the California average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 13. 40% of adults locally have high blood pressure; 15% have diabetes.
| Lake Don Pedro | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 31% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lake Don Pedro | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.7% | 10.6% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 66.6% | 57.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Lake Don Pedro brings mild winters and hot summers
The peak summer temperature here is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
15.5% of Lake Don Pedro is conserved land
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 4.4 miles of trail. For Lake Don Pedro, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Barrett Cove Recreation Area | — | 413 |
| 2. McClure Point Recreation Area | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Lake Don Pedro sells for about $292K
In Lake Don Pedro, 84% of households own their home. The going rate for rent for Lake Don Pedro comes to $1,750 a month.
| Lake Don Pedro | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,750 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Don Pedro
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Don Pedro; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Lake Don Pedro residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
1,308 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Lake Don Pedro
Census-designated place in California, United States
Lake Don Pedro is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mariposa County, California. The community sits at an elevation of 1,122 feet (342 m). As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,765.
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- Area
- 13 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,122 ft
- Area code
- 209
Questions about Lake Don Pedro
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Don Pedro, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $405,000, 47% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.