Fort Washington vs Shaver Lake

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

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

Shaver Lake has the higher population (355 vs 266 in Fort Washington). Fort Washington has the higher median home value ($1,039,600 vs $582,800 in Shaver Lake). Since 2019, Shaver Lake's population has grown faster (-24.9% vs -50.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
Population	266	355
Median age	71.9 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$131,875
Median home value	$1,039,600	$582,800
Housing units	101	2,024
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.6%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
Population	540 → 266 (-50.7%)	473 → 355 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$100,649 → $104,436 (+3.8%)	$99,063 → $131,875 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$554,500 → $1,039,600 (+87.5%)	$491,200 → $582,800 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

Fort Washington

Population

540266

Median household income

$100,649$104,436

Median home value

$554,500$1,039,600

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)

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	1.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.5%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	19.9%	40.3%
75 and over	38.0%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	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	28.2%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	0.0%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	49.3%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	57.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washington	Shaver Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.63	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	—	69
Median year structure built	1978	1988