Happy Camp vs McCloud

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

Happy Camp 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 580 in Happy Camp). McCloud has the higher median household income ($39,519 vs $32,353 in Happy Camp). McCloud has the higher median home value ($310,000 vs $153,900 in Happy Camp).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Camp	McCloud
Population	580	871
Median age	57.8 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,353	$39,519
Median home value	$153,900	$310,000
Median gross rent	$683	$980
Housing units	396	638
Homeownership rate	53.9%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Camp	McCloud
Population	844 → 580 (-31.3%)	1,020 → 871 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$35,224 → $32,353 (-8.2%)	$34,405 → $39,519 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $153,900 (+0.3%)	$187,200 → $310,000 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $683 (+5.1%)	$956 → $980 (+2.5%)

Happy Camp

Population

844580

Median household income

$35,224$32,353

Median home value

$153,500$153,900

Median gross rent

$650$683

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)

	Happy Camp	McCloud
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	2.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	18.8%	24.6%
75 and over	14.8%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Camp	McCloud
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.1%	2.8%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.6%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Camp	McCloud
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Camp	McCloud
Drove alone	74.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	12.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	3.1%	2.4%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Camp	McCloud
1-unit, detached	60.9%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	37.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Happy Camp	McCloud
Poverty rate	24.9%	21.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1968	1938