Cantua Creek vs Shaver Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cantua Creek and Shaver Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Cantua Creek and Shaver Lake are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cantua Creek has the higher population (520 vs 355 in Shaver Lake). Shaver Lake has the higher median household income ($131,875 vs $40,222 in Cantua Creek). Since 2019, Cantua Creek's population has grown faster (+37.2% vs -24.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
Population	520	355
Median age	21.7 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,222	$131,875
Median home value	—	$582,800
Median gross rent	$660	—
Housing units	122	2,024
Homeownership rate	17.2%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
Population	379 → 520 (+37.2%)	473 → 355 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$46,053 → $40,222 (-12.7%)	$99,063 → $131,875 (+33.1%)
Median home value	—	$491,200 → $582,800 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $660 (+14.6%)	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

Cantua Creek

Population

379520

Median household income

$46,053$40,222

Median gross rent

$576$660

Shaver Lake

Population

473355

Median household income

$99,063$131,875

Median home value

$491,200$582,800

Median gross rent

$950$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	36.2%	1.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	2.5%
35 to 44	22.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	4.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	4.0%	40.3%
75 and over	0.0%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.8%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
No high school diploma	45.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	24.7%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
Drove alone	77.4%	57.8%
Carpooled	22.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	27.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
1-unit, detached	64.8%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cantua Creek	Shaver Lake
Poverty rate	56.9%	4.8%
Average household size	4.02	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	—	69
Median year structure built	1980	1988