Kings County vs Shasta County

A side-by-side comparison of Kings County and Shasta County: population, income, housing, and more.

Kings County and Shasta County are counties in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shasta County has the higher population (181,554 vs 152,830 in Kings County). Shasta County has the higher median household income ($71,931 vs $68,750 in Kings County). Shasta County has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $305,700 in Kings County).

Population, income & housing

	Kings County	Shasta County
Population	152,830	181,554
Median age	32.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$71,931
Median home value	$305,700	$347,200
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,267
Housing units	46,695	79,748
Homeownership rate	54.8%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings County	Shasta County
Population	150,691 → 152,830 (+1.4%)	179,212 → 181,554 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$57,848 → $68,750 (+18.8%)	$54,667 → $71,931 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$215,900 → $305,700 (+41.6%)	$252,300 → $347,200 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,228 (+24.0%)	$1,039 → $1,267 (+21.9%)

Kings County

Population

150,691152,830

Median household income

$57,848$68,750

Median home value

$215,900$305,700

Median gross rent

$990$1,228

Shasta County

Population

179,212181,554

Median household income

$54,667$71,931

Median home value

$252,300$347,200

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings County	Shasta County
Under 5	7.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.6%
75 and over	4.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings County	Shasta County
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	76.5%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.4%
Asian	3.5%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	57.5%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings County	Shasta County
No high school diploma	25.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings County	Shasta County
Drove alone	77.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings County	Shasta County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Kings County	Shasta County
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.0%
Average household size	3.19	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1986	1982