Mount Shasta vs Yreka

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

Mount Shasta 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 3,208 in Mount Shasta). Mount Shasta has the higher median household income ($48,157 vs $42,664 in Yreka). Mount Shasta has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $245,100 in Yreka).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
Population	3,208	7,832
Median age	53.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,157	$42,664
Median home value	$283,100	$245,100
Median gross rent	$1,477	$962
Housing units	2,143	3,566
Homeownership rate	48.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
Population	3,275 → 3,208 (-2.0%)	7,562 → 7,832 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$35,547 → $48,157 (+35.5%)	$42,483 → $42,664 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$246,300 → $283,100 (+14.9%)	$158,200 → $245,100 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,477 (+31.6%)	$809 → $962 (+18.9%)

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

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)

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
Under 5	0.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	22.4%	15.0%
75 and over	12.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
No high school diploma	4.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	16.1%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
Drove alone	71.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.2%	3.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
1-unit, detached	56.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	30.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	11.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Shasta	Yreka
Poverty rate	16.0%	22.0%
Average household size	1.83	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1973	1975