Blacklake vs Shandon

A side-by-side comparison of Blacklake and Shandon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blacklake has the higher population (1,122 vs 1,042 in Shandon). Blacklake has the higher median household income ($99,191 vs $91,389 in Shandon). Blacklake has the higher median home value ($821,600 vs $432,700 in Shandon).

Population, income & housing

	Blacklake	Shandon
Population	1,122	1,042
Median age	69.3 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,191	$91,389
Median home value	$821,600	$432,700
Median gross rent	$3,203	—
Housing units	677	322
Homeownership rate	83.3%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacklake	Shandon
Population	850 → 1,122 (+32.0%)	1,085 → 1,042 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$83,203 → $99,191 (+19.2%)	$51,518 → $91,389 (+77.4%)
Median home value	$788,700 → $821,600 (+4.2%)	$290,900 → $432,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,388 → $3,203 (+34.1%)	$1,706 → $1,851 (+8.5%)

Blacklake

Population

8501,122

Median household income

$83,203$99,191

Median home value

$788,700$821,600

Median gross rent

$2,388$3,203

Shandon

Population

1,0851,042

Median household income

$51,518$91,389

Median home value

$290,900$432,700

Median gross rent

$1,706$1,851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacklake	Shandon
Under 5	6.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	2.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	3.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	35.0%	6.6%
75 and over	23.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacklake	Shandon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	58.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacklake	Shandon
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacklake	Shandon
Drove alone	62.8%	92.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacklake	Shandon
1-unit, detached	98.1%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blacklake	Shandon
Poverty rate	0.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.00	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1996	1987