Lake Shastina vs Yreka

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Shastina and Yreka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yreka has the higher population (7,832 vs 2,908 in Lake Shastina). Lake Shastina has the higher median household income ($77,645 vs $42,664 in Yreka). Lake Shastina has the higher median home value ($331,900 vs $245,100 in Yreka).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
Population	2,908	7,832
Median age	48.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,645	$42,664
Median home value	$331,900	$245,100
Median gross rent	$1,344	$962
Housing units	1,387	3,566
Homeownership rate	86.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
Population	2,790 → 2,908 (+4.2%)	7,562 → 7,832 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $77,645 (+20.0%)	$42,483 → $42,664 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$237,200 → $331,900 (+39.9%)	$158,200 → $245,100 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,274 → $1,344 (+5.5%)	$809 → $962 (+18.9%)

Lake Shastina

Population

2,7902,908

Median household income

$64,688$77,645

Median home value

$237,200$331,900

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,344

Yreka

Population

7,5627,832

Median household income

$42,483$42,664

Median home value

$158,200$245,100

Median gross rent

$809$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
Under 5	9.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.0%
75 and over	12.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	76.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	3.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	18.8%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
Drove alone	79.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	16.2%	3.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
1-unit, detached	96.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Shastina	Yreka
Poverty rate	10.8%	22.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	34	15
Median year structure built	1995	1975