Happy Camp vs Tulelake

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

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

Tulelake has the higher population (837 vs 580 in Happy Camp). Tulelake has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $32,353 in Happy Camp). Happy Camp has the higher median home value ($153,900 vs $112,200 in Tulelake).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
Population	580	837
Median age	57.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,353	$43,125
Median home value	$153,900	$112,200
Median gross rent	$683	$724
Housing units	396	360
Homeownership rate	53.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
Population	844 → 580 (-31.3%)	842 → 837 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$35,224 → $32,353 (-8.2%)	$29,886 → $43,125 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $153,900 (+0.3%)	$79,100 → $112,200 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $683 (+5.1%)	$576 → $724 (+25.7%)

Happy Camp

Population

844580

Median household income

$35,224$32,353

Median home value

$153,500$153,900

Median gross rent

$650$683

Tulelake

Population

842837

Median household income

$29,886$43,125

Median home value

$79,100$112,200

Median gross rent

$576$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
Under 5	2.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	20.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	18.8%	14.8%
75 and over	14.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	47.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	16.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	51.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
No high school diploma	10.9%	36.1%
High school graduate	30.5%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
Drove alone	74.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	14.2%	11.1%
Bicycle	3.1%	1.7%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
1-unit, detached	60.9%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.4%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Happy Camp	Tulelake
Poverty rate	24.9%	26.4%
Average household size	2.05	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1968	1965