Crescent City vs Klamath

A side-by-side comparison of Crescent City and Klamath: population, income, housing, and more.

Crescent City and Klamath are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crescent City has the higher population (6,180 vs 816 in Klamath). Klamath has the higher median household income ($48,250 vs $41,131 in Crescent City). Crescent City has the higher median home value ($290,500 vs $244,500 in Klamath).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent City	Klamath
Population	6,180	816
Median age	37.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,131	$48,250
Median home value	$290,500	$244,500
Median gross rent	$1,127	$995
Housing units	2,088	498
Homeownership rate	38.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	20.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent City	Klamath
Population	6,676 → 6,180 (-7.4%)	632 → 816 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$32,137 → $41,131 (+28.0%)	$35,455 → $48,250 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $290,500 (+75.7%)	$123,500 → $244,500 (+98.0%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,127 (+34.0%)	$779 → $995 (+27.7%)

Crescent City

Population

6,6766,180

Median household income

$32,137$41,131

Median home value

$165,300$290,500

Median gross rent

$841$1,127

Klamath

Population

632816

Median household income

$35,455$48,250

Median home value

$123,500$244,500

Median gross rent

$779$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent City	Klamath
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	21.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	20.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	15.8%
75 and over	3.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent City	Klamath
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	44.2%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	41.8%
Asian	1.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent City	Klamath
No high school diploma	26.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	25.8%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent City	Klamath
Drove alone	46.1%	60.9%
Carpooled	28.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	13.7%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	20.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent City	Klamath
1-unit, detached	42.8%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	38.4%

Poverty & households

	Crescent City	Klamath
Poverty rate	19.9%	26.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1976	1978