Raisin City vs Shaver Lake

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

Raisin City 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 248 in Raisin City). Shaver Lake has the higher median household income ($131,875 vs $54,167 in Raisin City). Shaver Lake has the higher median home value ($582,800 vs $189,400 in Raisin City).

Population, income & housing

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
Population	248	355
Median age	38.9 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$131,875
Median home value	$189,400	$582,800
Median gross rent	$1,625	—
Housing units	82	2,024
Homeownership rate	81.7%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	48.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
Population	414 → 248 (-40.1%)	473 → 355 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $54,167 (+14.0%)	$99,063 → $131,875 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$169,900 → $189,400 (+11.5%)	$491,200 → $582,800 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $1,625 (+92.8%)	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)

Raisin City

Population

414248

Median household income

$47,500$54,167

Median home value

$169,900$189,400

Median gross rent

$843$1,625

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)

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	1.7%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	2.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	22.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	5.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	40.3%
75 and over	1.2%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	4.0%	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	96.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
No high school diploma	49.1%	0.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
Drove alone	75.0%	57.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	27.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
1-unit, detached	58.5%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	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	34.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Raisin City	Shaver Lake
Poverty rate	16.5%	4.8%
Average household size	3.02	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	69
Median year structure built	1975	1988