Fieldbrook vs Shelter Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Fieldbrook and Shelter Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Fieldbrook and Shelter Cove are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fieldbrook has the higher population (771 vs 764 in Shelter Cove). Fieldbrook has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $46,066 in Shelter Cove). Fieldbrook has the higher median home value ($610,300 vs $457,700 in Shelter Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
Population	771	764
Median age	51.1 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,833	$46,066
Median home value	$610,300	$457,700
Median gross rent	$1,526	—
Housing units	381	748
Homeownership rate	82.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
Population	880 → 771 (-12.4%)	580 → 764 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$71,691 → $85,833 (+19.7%)	$38,553 → $46,066 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$423,600 → $610,300 (+44.1%)	$375,200 → $457,700 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,526 (+38.7%)	—

Fieldbrook

Population

880771

Median household income

$71,691$85,833

Median home value

$423,600$610,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,526

Shelter Cove

Population

580764

Median household income

$38,553$46,066

Median home value

$375,200$457,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
Under 5	4.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	4.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	22.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	20.6%	25.1%
75 and over	7.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	14.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
No high school diploma	5.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	14.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
Drove alone	60.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	18.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
1-unit, detached	93.2%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Fieldbrook	Shelter Cove
Poverty rate	7.5%	15.2%
Average household size	2.23	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1979	1993