Etna vs Happy Camp

A side-by-side comparison of Etna and Happy Camp: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Etna has the higher population (701 vs 580 in Happy Camp). Etna has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $32,353 in Happy Camp). Etna has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $153,900 in Happy Camp).

Population, income & housing

	Etna	Happy Camp
Population	701	580
Median age	43.0 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$32,353
Median home value	$238,400	$153,900
Median gross rent	$854	$683
Housing units	341	396
Homeownership rate	67.5%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	27.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etna	Happy Camp
Population	735 → 701 (-4.6%)	844 → 580 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$52,833 → $60,313 (+14.2%)	$35,224 → $32,353 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $238,400 (+27.1%)	$153,500 → $153,900 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $854 (-6.6%)	$650 → $683 (+5.1%)

Etna

Population

735701

Median household income

$52,833$60,313

Median home value

$187,500$238,400

Median gross rent

$914$854

Happy Camp

Population

844580

Median household income

$35,224$32,353

Median home value

$153,500$153,900

Median gross rent

$650$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etna	Happy Camp
Under 5	10.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	7.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.7%	5.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.3%
65 to 74	19.8%	18.8%
75 and over	4.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etna	Happy Camp
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	53.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	18.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	11.7%	16.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etna	Happy Camp
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	21.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etna	Happy Camp
Drove alone	67.7%	74.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	19.7%	14.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etna	Happy Camp
1-unit, detached	80.6%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	37.4%

Poverty & households

	Etna	Happy Camp
Poverty rate	20.5%	24.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1967	1968