Shasta vs Shingletown

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

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

Shingletown has the higher population (2,188 vs 1,330 in Shasta). Shasta has the higher median household income ($108,500 vs $74,242 in Shingletown). Shasta has the higher median home value ($392,000 vs $244,800 in Shingletown).

Population, income & housing

	Shasta	Shingletown
Population	1,330	2,188
Median age	47.4 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,500	$74,242
Median home value	$392,000	$244,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,068
Housing units	511	1,361
Homeownership rate	91.9%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shasta	Shingletown
Population	1,573 → 1,330 (-15.4%)	2,246 → 2,188 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$58,229 → $108,500 (+86.3%)	$48,355 → $74,242 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$327,000 → $392,000 (+19.9%)	$200,700 → $244,800 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,217 → $1,405 (+15.4%)	$1,245 → $1,068 (-14.2%)

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

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)

	Shasta	Shingletown
Under 5	3.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	4.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	4.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	1.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	22.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	35.9%
75 and over	11.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shasta	Shingletown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.7%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shasta	Shingletown
No high school diploma	1.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shasta	Shingletown
Drove alone	78.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shasta	Shingletown
1-unit, detached	96.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	3.7%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Shasta	Shingletown
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.77	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1984	1984