Pollock Pines vs Shingle Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Pollock Pines and Shingle Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Pollock Pines and Shingle Springs are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pollock Pines has the higher population (6,056 vs 3,488 in Shingle Springs). Shingle Springs has the higher median household income ($109,531 vs $74,190 in Pollock Pines). Shingle Springs has the higher median home value ($686,300 vs $389,500 in Pollock Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
Population	6,056	3,488
Median age	44.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,190	$109,531
Median home value	$389,500	$686,300
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,478
Housing units	3,412	1,562
Homeownership rate	69.3%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
Population	7,156 → 6,056 (-15.4%)	3,846 → 3,488 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$64,216 → $74,190 (+15.5%)	$84,292 → $109,531 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$289,800 → $389,500 (+34.4%)	$489,500 → $686,300 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,101 (+0.1%)	$986 → $1,478 (+49.9%)

Pollock Pines

Population

7,1566,056

Median household income

$64,216$74,190

Median home value

$289,800$389,500

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,101

Shingle Springs

Population

3,8463,488

Median household income

$84,292$109,531

Median home value

$489,500$686,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
Under 5	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	21.4%
75 and over	8.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	83.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	23.8%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
Drove alone	77.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	16.2%
Other means	3.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
1-unit, detached	75.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Pollock Pines	Shingle Springs
Poverty rate	17.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1978	1981