Mountain Gate vs Shasta

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain Gate and Shasta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shasta has the higher population (1,330 vs 763 in Mountain Gate). Shasta has the higher median household income ($108,500 vs $26,655 in Mountain Gate). Shasta has the higher median home value ($392,000 vs $144,900 in Mountain Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
Population	763	1,330
Median age	55.2 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,655	$108,500
Median home value	$144,900	$392,000
Median gross rent	$1,433	—
Housing units	458	511
Homeownership rate	74.9%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
Population	952 → 763 (-19.9%)	1,573 → 1,330 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$30,060 → $26,655 (-11.3%)	$58,229 → $108,500 (+86.3%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $144,900 (+21.0%)	$327,000 → $392,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,433 (+62.5%)	$1,217 → $1,405 (+15.4%)

Mountain Gate

Population

952763

Median household income

$30,060$26,655

Median home value

$119,800$144,900

Median gross rent

$882$1,433

Shasta

Population

1,5731,330

Median household income

$58,229$108,500

Median home value

$327,000$392,000

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
Under 5	9.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	27.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.4%
75 and over	11.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	27.1%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	46.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
Drove alone	81.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	11.9%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
1-unit, detached	50.2%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
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	47.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Gate	Shasta
Poverty rate	52.0%	7.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1973	1984