| Bass Lake, California | |
| Named For: | Bass Lake |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bass Lake |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | California |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Madera |
| Population Total: | 575 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | 117.95 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 305.53 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.49 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.88 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.61 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.45 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.87 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.57 |
| Area Water Percent: | 22.73 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Coordinates: | 37.3247°N -119.5664°W |
| Elevation M: | 1041 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3415 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 93604 and 93669 |
| Area Code: | 559 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature IDs |
| Blank Info: | 256579; 2628709 |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 06-04198 |
Bass Lake is a census-designated place in Madera County, California, United States. It is located 4.5miles southeast of Yosemite Forks, at an elevation of . The population was 575 at the 2020 census.[2]
Bass Lake is situated in the Sierra National Forest approximately 14miles from the south entrance of Yosemite National Park. Established in 1895 as "Bass Lake Village", the community grew up around the newly created Bass Lake reservoir that supplied the first hydroelectric generating project in Central California. Much of the community and the reservoir is devoted to the tourism industry.
The original post office at Bass Lake opened in 1912.
The ZIP Codes for Bass Lake are 93604 and 93669, and it is in the 559 area code.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 2.488sqmi, 1.882sqmi of it land, and 0.606sqmi of it (24.36%) water.[2]
At the 2010 census Bass Lake had a population of 527. The population density was 211.4sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of Bass Lake was 503 (95.4%) White, 1 (0.2%) African American, 10 (1.9%) Native American, 1 (0.2%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2 (0.4%) from other races, and 10 (1.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22 people (4.2%).[3]
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 275 households, 30 (10.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 138 (50.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 19 (6.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 9 (3.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 16 (5.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 92 households (33.5%) were one person and 57 (20.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.92. There were 166 families (60.4% of households); the average family size was 2.35.
The age distribution was 57 people (10.8%) under the age of 18, 18 people (3.4%) aged 18 to 24, 55 people (10.4%) aged 25 to 44, 169 people (32.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 228 people (43.3%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 62.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.
There were 1,059 housing units at an average density of 424.8 per square mile, of the occupied units 230 (83.6%) were owner-occupied and 45 (16.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 11.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 48.9%. 428 people (81.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 99 people (18.8%) lived in rental housing units.