McCloud vs Mount Shasta

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

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

Mount Shasta has the higher population (3,208 vs 871 in McCloud). Mount Shasta has the higher median household income ($48,157 vs $39,519 in McCloud). McCloud has the higher median home value ($310,000 vs $283,100 in Mount Shasta).

Population, income & housing

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
Population	871	3,208
Median age	56.9 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,519	$48,157
Median home value	$310,000	$283,100
Median gross rent	$980	$1,477
Housing units	638	2,143
Homeownership rate	74.3%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
Population	1,020 → 871 (-14.6%)	3,275 → 3,208 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$34,405 → $39,519 (+14.9%)	$35,547 → $48,157 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$187,200 → $310,000 (+65.6%)	$246,300 → $283,100 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $980 (+2.5%)	$1,122 → $1,477 (+31.6%)

McCloud

Population

1,020871

Median household income

$34,405$39,519

Median home value

$187,200$310,000

Median gross rent

$956$980

Mount Shasta

Population

3,2753,208

Median household income

$35,547$48,157

Median home value

$246,300$283,100

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	2.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	24.6%	22.4%
75 and over	17.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	4.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
Drove alone	79.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	9.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
1-unit, detached	84.3%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	30.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	McCloud	Mount Shasta
Poverty rate	21.2%	16.0%
Average household size	2.07	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1938	1973