Dunsmuir vs Lake Shastina

A side-by-side comparison of Dunsmuir and Lake Shastina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Shastina has the higher population (2,908 vs 1,519 in Dunsmuir). Lake Shastina has the higher median household income ($77,645 vs $47,708 in Dunsmuir). Lake Shastina has the higher median home value ($331,900 vs $262,800 in Dunsmuir).

Population, income & housing

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
Population	1,519	2,908
Median age	46.7 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$77,645
Median home value	$262,800	$331,900
Median gross rent	$953	$1,344
Housing units	1,071	1,387
Homeownership rate	59.5%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
Population	1,724 → 1,519 (-11.9%)	2,790 → 2,908 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$34,872 → $47,708 (+36.8%)	$64,688 → $77,645 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $262,800 (+53.9%)	$237,200 → $331,900 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $953 (+3.9%)	$1,274 → $1,344 (+5.5%)

Dunsmuir

Population

1,7241,519

Median household income

$34,872$47,708

Median home value

$170,800$262,800

Median gross rent

$917$953

Lake Shastina

Population

2,7902,908

Median household income

$64,688$77,645

Median home value

$237,200$331,900

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
Under 5	8.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	17.4%	13.8%
75 and over	10.1%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	75.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.3%
Asian	2.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
Drove alone	69.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	16.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	16.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
1-unit, detached	74.5%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dunsmuir	Lake Shastina
Poverty rate	13.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1945	1995