Friant vs Shaver Lake

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

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

Friant has the higher population (367 vs 355 in Shaver Lake). Shaver Lake has the higher median household income ($131,875 vs $51,765 in Friant). Shaver Lake has the higher median home value ($582,800 vs $260,200 in Friant).

Population, income & housing

	Friant	Shaver Lake
Population	367	355
Median age	51.3 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,765	$131,875
Median home value	$260,200	$582,800
Median gross rent	$1,110	—
Housing units	236	2,024
Homeownership rate	77.3%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friant	Shaver Lake
Population	604 → 367 (-39.2%)	473 → 355 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$56,154 → $51,765 (-7.8%)	$99,063 → $131,875 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$152,800 → $260,200 (+70.3%)	$491,200 → $582,800 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,379 → $1,110 (-19.5%)	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

Friant

Population

604367

Median household income

$56,154$51,765

Median home value

$152,800$260,200

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,110

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)

	Friant	Shaver Lake
Under 5	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	1.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	2.5%
35 to 44	20.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	21.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	21.0%	40.3%
75 and over	6.0%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friant	Shaver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	81.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.5%	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	6.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friant	Shaver Lake
No high school diploma	1.5%	0.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	57.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friant	Shaver Lake
Drove alone	92.7%	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	7.3%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	27.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friant	Shaver Lake
1-unit, detached	41.1%	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	58.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Friant	Shaver Lake
Poverty rate	25.8%	4.8%
Average household size	1.85	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	69
Median year structure built	1989	1988