Dunsmuir vs Mount Shasta

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

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

Mount Shasta has the higher population (3,208 vs 1,519 in Dunsmuir). Mount Shasta has the higher median household income ($48,157 vs $47,708 in Dunsmuir). Mount Shasta has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $262,800 in Dunsmuir).

Population, income & housing

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
Population	1,519	3,208
Median age	46.7 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$48,157
Median home value	$262,800	$283,100
Median gross rent	$953	$1,477
Housing units	1,071	2,143
Homeownership rate	59.5%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
Population	1,724 → 1,519 (-11.9%)	3,275 → 3,208 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$34,872 → $47,708 (+36.8%)	$35,547 → $48,157 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $262,800 (+53.9%)	$246,300 → $283,100 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $953 (+3.9%)	$1,122 → $1,477 (+31.6%)

Dunsmuir

Population

1,7241,519

Median household income

$34,872$47,708

Median home value

$170,800$262,800

Median gross rent

$917$953

Mount Shasta

Population

3,2753,208

Median household income

$35,547$48,157

Median home value

$246,300$283,100

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
Under 5	8.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	17.4%	22.4%
75 and over	10.1%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	82.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
No high school diploma	9.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
Drove alone	69.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	11.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
1-unit, detached	74.5%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	30.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Dunsmuir	Mount Shasta
Poverty rate	13.1%	16.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1945	1973