Mount Shasta vs Weed

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

Mount Shasta and Weed 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 2,765 in Weed). Mount Shasta has the higher median household income ($48,157 vs $38,966 in Weed). Mount Shasta has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $206,500 in Weed).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Shasta	Weed
Population	3,208	2,765
Median age	53.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,157	$38,966
Median home value	$283,100	$206,500
Median gross rent	$1,477	$841
Housing units	2,143	1,223
Homeownership rate	48.3%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Shasta	Weed
Population	3,275 → 3,208 (-2.0%)	2,669 → 2,765 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$35,547 → $48,157 (+35.5%)	$27,227 → $38,966 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$246,300 → $283,100 (+14.9%)	$138,500 → $206,500 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,477 (+31.6%)	$753 → $841 (+11.7%)

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

Weed

Population

2,6692,765

Median household income

$27,227$38,966

Median home value

$138,500$206,500

Median gross rent

$753$841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Shasta	Weed
Under 5	0.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	22.4%	9.3%
75 and over	12.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Shasta	Weed
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	58.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	1.3%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Shasta	Weed
No high school diploma	4.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	16.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Shasta	Weed
Drove alone	71.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	9.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.5%
Other means	2.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Shasta	Weed
1-unit, detached	56.1%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	14.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Shasta	Weed
Poverty rate	16.0%	28.4%
Average household size	1.83	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1973	1972