Happy Camp vs Hornbrook

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

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

Happy Camp has the higher population (580 vs 341 in Hornbrook). Hornbrook has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $32,353 in Happy Camp). Since 2019, Hornbrook's population has grown faster (+61.6% vs -31.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
Population	580	341
Median age	57.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,353	$33,750
Median home value	$153,900	—
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	396	161
Homeownership rate	53.9%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	25.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
Population	844 → 580 (-31.3%)	211 → 341 (+61.6%)
Median household income	$35,224 → $32,353 (-8.2%)	$35,694 → $33,750 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $153,900 (+0.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$650 → $683 (+5.1%)	$994 → $1,004 (+1.0%)

Happy Camp

Population

844580

Median household income

$35,224$32,353

Median home value

$153,500$153,900

Median gross rent

$650$683

Hornbrook

Population

211341

Median household income

$35,694$33,750

Median gross rent

$994$1,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
Under 5	2.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	18.8%	14.1%
75 and over	14.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	71.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.1%	0.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.8%
Two or more races	16.6%	18.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
No high school diploma	10.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
Drove alone	74.1%	57.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	40.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
1-unit, detached	60.9%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.4%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Happy Camp	Hornbrook
Poverty rate	24.9%	33.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1968	1950