Happy Valley vs Shingletown

A side-by-side comparison of Happy Valley and Shingletown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Happy Valley has the higher population (6,046 vs 2,188 in Shingletown). Happy Valley has the higher median household income ($80,578 vs $74,242 in Shingletown). Happy Valley has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $244,800 in Shingletown).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
Population	6,046	2,188
Median age	45.1 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,578	$74,242
Median home value	$293,800	$244,800
Median gross rent	$1,766	$1,068
Housing units	2,301	1,361
Homeownership rate	86.5%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
Population	5,652 → 6,046 (+7.0%)	2,246 → 2,188 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$57,479 → $80,578 (+40.2%)	$48,355 → $74,242 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $293,800 (+16.9%)	$200,700 → $244,800 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,766 (+27.5%)	$1,245 → $1,068 (-14.2%)

Happy Valley

Population

5,6526,046

Median household income

$57,479$80,578

Median home value

$251,400$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,385$1,766

Shingletown

Population

2,2462,188

Median household income

$48,355$74,242

Median home value

$200,700$244,800

Median gross rent

$1,245$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
Under 5	3.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	4.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	1.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	22.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	35.9%
75 and over	8.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.7%
Asian	7.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
No high school diploma	14.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
Drove alone	88.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	19.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
1-unit, detached	68.5%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Shingletown
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.87	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1978	1984