Anderson vs Shasta Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson and Shasta Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anderson has the higher population (11,282 vs 10,334 in Shasta Lake). Shasta Lake has the higher median household income ($61,319 vs $50,306 in Anderson). Shasta Lake has the higher median home value ($273,000 vs $272,000 in Anderson).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
Population	11,282	10,334
Median age	37.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,306	$61,319
Median home value	$272,000	$273,000
Median gross rent	$985	$1,264
Housing units	5,129	4,221
Homeownership rate	57.6%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
Population	10,407 → 11,282 (+8.4%)	10,206 → 10,334 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$42,649 → $50,306 (+18.0%)	$48,902 → $61,319 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$200,200 → $272,000 (+35.9%)	$183,000 → $273,000 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $985 (+8.0%)	$1,118 → $1,264 (+13.1%)

Anderson

Population

10,40711,282

Median household income

$42,649$50,306

Median home value

$200,200$272,000

Median gross rent

$912$985

Shasta Lake

Population

10,20610,334

Median household income

$48,902$61,319

Median home value

$183,000$273,000

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
Under 5	6.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	6.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	14.1%
75 and over	6.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.2%
Asian	2.6%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
No high school diploma	11.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
Drove alone	73.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	13.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	1.7%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
1-unit, detached	66.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Shasta Lake
Poverty rate	20.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1980	1981