Redding vs Shasta Lake

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

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

Redding has the higher population (93,268 vs 10,334 in Shasta Lake). Redding has the higher median household income ($69,443 vs $61,319 in Shasta Lake). Redding has the higher median home value ($363,800 vs $273,000 in Shasta Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Redding	Shasta Lake
Population	93,268	10,334
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,443	$61,319
Median home value	$363,800	$273,000
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,264
Housing units	39,937	4,221
Homeownership rate	55.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Redding	Shasta Lake
Population	91,580 → 93,268 (+1.8%)	10,206 → 10,334 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$54,278 → $69,443 (+27.9%)	$48,902 → $61,319 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$264,900 → $363,800 (+37.3%)	$183,000 → $273,000 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,323 (+23.1%)	$1,118 → $1,264 (+13.1%)

Redding

Population

91,58093,268

Median household income

$54,278$69,443

Median home value

$264,900$363,800

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,323

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)

	Redding	Shasta Lake
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.1%
75 and over	8.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Redding	Shasta Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	76.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	1.2%
Asian	4.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Redding	Shasta Lake
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	24.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Redding	Shasta Lake
Drove alone	79.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.7%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Redding	Shasta Lake
1-unit, detached	64.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	1.1%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Redding	Shasta Lake
Poverty rate	13.6%	16.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1983	1981