Cottonwood vs Shasta Lake

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

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

Shasta Lake has the higher population (10,334 vs 7,170 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($96,679 vs $61,319 in Shasta Lake). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $273,000 in Shasta Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
Population	7,170	10,334
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,679	$61,319
Median home value	$362,800	$273,000
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,264
Housing units	2,650	4,221
Homeownership rate	63.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
Population	3,243 → 7,170 (+121.1%)	10,206 → 10,334 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$34,653 → $96,679 (+179.0%)	$48,902 → $61,319 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $362,800 (+128.0%)	$183,000 → $273,000 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,219 (+35.0%)	$1,118 → $1,264 (+13.1%)

Cottonwood

Population

3,2437,170

Median household income

$34,653$96,679

Median home value

$159,100$362,800

Median gross rent

$903$1,219

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)

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.1%
75 and over	4.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	76.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.2%
Asian	2.8%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
No high school diploma	14.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	23.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
Drove alone	81.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
1-unit, detached	64.7%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Shasta Lake
Poverty rate	8.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1980	1981