Mineral vs Paskenta

A side-by-side comparison of Mineral and Paskenta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineral has the higher population (107 vs 61 in Paskenta). Since 2019, Paskenta's population has grown faster (-40.2% vs -70.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral	Paskenta
Population	107	61
Median age	48.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,455	—
Median home value	—	$118,800
Median gross rent	$1,052	—
Housing units	338	38
Homeownership rate	18.3%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral	Paskenta
Population	359 → 107 (-70.2%)	102 → 61 (-40.2%)
Median household income	$48,859 → $85,455 (+74.9%)	$43,000 → $46,875 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $196,300 (+14.3%)	$105,400 → $118,800 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,052 (+25.1%)	—

Mineral

Population

359107

Median household income

$48,859$85,455

Median home value

$171,700$196,300

Median gross rent

$841$1,052

Paskenta

Population

10261

Median household income

$43,000$46,875

Median home value

$105,400$118,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral	Paskenta
Under 5	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	19.7%
45 to 54	20.6%	1.6%
55 to 64	22.4%	26.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.1%
75 and over	19.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral	Paskenta
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral	Paskenta
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	0.0%	56.5%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral	Paskenta
Drove alone	24.6%	53.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	55.7%	19.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral	Paskenta
1-unit, detached	93.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	31.6%

Poverty & households

	Mineral	Paskenta
Poverty rate	9.3%	14.8%
Average household size	1.78	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1943	1954