Etna vs McCloud

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

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

McCloud has the higher population (871 vs 701 in Etna). Etna has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $39,519 in McCloud). McCloud has the higher median home value ($310,000 vs $238,400 in Etna).

Population, income & housing

	Etna	McCloud
Population	701	871
Median age	43.0 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$39,519
Median home value	$238,400	$310,000
Median gross rent	$854	$980
Housing units	341	638
Homeownership rate	67.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etna	McCloud
Population	735 → 701 (-4.6%)	1,020 → 871 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$52,833 → $60,313 (+14.2%)	$34,405 → $39,519 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $238,400 (+27.1%)	$187,200 → $310,000 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $854 (-6.6%)	$956 → $980 (+2.5%)

Etna

Population

735701

Median household income

$52,833$60,313

Median home value

$187,500$238,400

Median gross rent

$914$854

McCloud

Population

1,020871

Median household income

$34,405$39,519

Median home value

$187,200$310,000

Median gross rent

$956$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etna	McCloud
Under 5	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	2.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	6.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	19.8%	24.6%
75 and over	4.6%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etna	McCloud
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	79.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etna	McCloud
No high school diploma	3.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	21.3%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etna	McCloud
Drove alone	67.7%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etna	McCloud
1-unit, detached	80.6%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Etna	McCloud
Poverty rate	20.5%	21.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1967	1938