Rosedale vs Shafter

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

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

Shafter has the higher population (20,618 vs 19,325 in Rosedale). Rosedale has the higher median household income ($134,697 vs $67,989 in Shafter). Rosedale has the higher median home value ($594,000 vs $306,800 in Shafter).

Population, income & housing

	Rosedale	Shafter
Population	19,325	20,618
Median age	37.2 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$134,697	$67,989
Median home value	$594,000	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,240	$1,140
Housing units	6,503	5,684
Homeownership rate	85.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosedale	Shafter
Population	16,820 → 19,325 (+14.9%)	19,447 → 20,618 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$113,766 → $134,697 (+18.4%)	$45,854 → $67,989 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$412,500 → $594,000 (+44.0%)	$175,300 → $306,800 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,240 (+37.3%)	$868 → $1,140 (+31.3%)

Rosedale

Population

16,82019,325

Median household income

$113,766$134,697

Median home value

$412,500$594,000

Median gross rent

$903$1,240

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)

	Rosedale	Shafter
Under 5	6.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	27.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	6.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	4.3%
75 and over	5.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosedale	Shafter
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	16.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosedale	Shafter
No high school diploma	11.4%	27.7%
High school graduate	17.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosedale	Shafter
Drove alone	85.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	3.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosedale	Shafter
1-unit, detached	90.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Rosedale	Shafter
Poverty rate	5.4%	21.3%
Average household size	3.08	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1999	1995