Condominium median
$605,000
$738,014 in 2026 money
Mammoth Lakes in 2021
A condominium sold for a median of $605,000 — $738,014 in today’s money, 8% below where it stands now. The Mammoth Times ran 309 stories we can still read.
Snowfall
244"
season total at the main lodge
Housing approved
37
residential units authorised
Lodging tax
$21,609,885
collected by the Town
What happened
- PandemicCOVID second-home buying surge peaks
Single-family median sale price rose from $885,000 in 2020 to $1,190,000 in 2021, a 34 percent jump; the condo median also rose 34 percent to $605,000 and the residential lot median rose 19 percent to $375,000. Demand accelerated from May-June 2020. By January 2022 only three condos were listed county-wide, under a week of supply.
Trademark Mammoth (local brokerage market report) → - Earthquake & volcanoRisk Analysis study quantifies economic effects of volcano alerts at Long Valley
Peers et al. examined USGS volcano alert levels against regional housing prices and business indicators from 1974 to 2016 for Mount St. Helens, Kilauea and Long Valley.
Risk Analysis 41(5), doi:10.1111/risa.13702 / Society for Risk Analysis →
What the paper was writing about
Headlines only, linked to the Mammoth Times. We read the Internet Archive’s copies and cite the paper; the words are theirs.
- 01-02New 'Stay at Home' Order Coincides With New More Contagious Covid Variant Found in LA
- 01-21Mammoth Times Calendar of Events Jan. 21-Jan. 27
- 01-21Mono’s January Covid rates are some of worst in state and... a new virus variant was recently identified in Mono
- 02-15Mammoth Times Calendar For This Week
- 09-04Updated: Inyo National Forest Closure FAQ
- 09-11New Updates to Forest Closure Questions
- 10-26Great Game Day Grub
- 11-08Between Turkey Day and New Year's Day: 5 easy hacks for low-stress everyday dinners
- 11-17How One Woman Turned Type 2 Diabetes Into a Wake-up Call
- 12-15Spotting Signs of Disease Progression at Holiday Gatherings
- 12-20Communication Is Key When Facing a Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis
- 12-23Bishop Airport Opens to Commercial Flights; Mammoth Benefits
- 12-29Clean Heat: Stay warmer with clean energy
- 12-29Ready for Winter Weather
295 more stories from 2021 are in the corpus.
What changed hands
| Date | Where | Beds | Sq ft | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-14 | Juniper Ridge | — | — | $5,050,000 |
| 2021-11-28 | Creekhouse | 4 | 2742 | $2,100,000 |
| 2021-08-08 | Stonegate | — | — | $1,995,000 |
| 2021-06-20 | Juniper Crest | 3 | — | $1,770,000 |
| 2021-05-09 | Canyon Lodge | — | — | $1,750,000 |
| 2021-04-25 | Canyon Lodge | — | — | $1,750,000 |
| 2021-12-12 | Juniper Crest | 3 | — | $1,700,000 |
| 2021-07-04 | Juniper Crest | — | — | $1,700,000 |
| 2021-01-31 | The Lodges | — | — | $1,600,000 |
| 2021-04-11 | Snowcreek | — | — | $1,520,000 |
| 2021-12-12 | Creekhouse | 3 | — | $1,456,000 |
| 2021-12-12 | Creekhouse | 4 | — | $1,399,000 |
The 12 largest of 76 recorded sales in 2021.
The ground
36 recorded earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in the Long Valley Caldera, the largest at M3.4.