Los Ranchos vs Shandon

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

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

Los Ranchos has the higher population (1,521 vs 1,042 in Shandon). Los Ranchos has the higher median household income ($146,667 vs $91,389 in Shandon). Los Ranchos has the higher median home value ($1,231,000 vs $432,700 in Shandon).

Population, income & housing

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
Population	1,521	1,042
Median age	53.2 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$146,667	$91,389
Median home value	$1,231,000	$432,700
Housing units	655	322
Homeownership rate	93.8%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
Population	1,639 → 1,521 (-7.2%)	1,085 → 1,042 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$180,875 → $146,667 (-18.9%)	$51,518 → $91,389 (+77.4%)
Median home value	$992,100 → $1,231,000 (+24.1%)	$290,900 → $432,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,706 → $1,851 (+8.5%)

Los Ranchos

Population

1,6391,521

Median household income

$180,875$146,667

Median home value

$992,100$1,231,000

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)

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
Under 5	3.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	24.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	23.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	6.6%
75 and over	17.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	32.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	58.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.0%
High school graduate	4.0%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
Drove alone	83.1%	92.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
1-unit, detached	90.2%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Ranchos	Shandon
Poverty rate	0.4%	2.5%
Average household size	2.41	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1982	1987