Rosamond vs Shafter

A side-by-side comparison of Rosamond and Shafter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosamond has the higher population (20,835 vs 20,618 in Shafter). Rosamond has the higher median household income ($77,773 vs $67,989 in Shafter). Rosamond has the higher median home value ($330,100 vs $306,800 in Shafter).

Population, income & housing

	Rosamond	Shafter
Population	20,835	20,618
Median age	30.7 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,773	$67,989
Median home value	$330,100	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,140
Housing units	7,179	5,684
Homeownership rate	78.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosamond	Shafter
Population	20,851 → 20,835 (-0.1%)	19,447 → 20,618 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$61,807 → $77,773 (+25.8%)	$45,854 → $67,989 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$208,600 → $330,100 (+58.2%)	$175,300 → $306,800 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,230 (+29.6%)	$868 → $1,140 (+31.3%)

Rosamond

Population

20,85120,835

Median household income

$61,807$77,773

Median home value

$208,600$330,100

Median gross rent

$949$1,230

Shafter

Population

19,44720,618

Median household income

$45,854$67,989

Median home value

$175,300$306,800

Median gross rent

$868$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosamond	Shafter
Under 5	7.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	27.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	6.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	4.3%
75 and over	4.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosamond	Shafter
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	16.3%
Black or African American	13.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.7%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosamond	Shafter
No high school diploma	14.3%	27.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosamond	Shafter
Drove alone	80.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosamond	Shafter
1-unit, detached	65.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Rosamond	Shafter
Poverty rate	17.4%	21.3%
Average household size	3.15	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1993	1995