Lassen County vs Siskiyou County

A side-by-side comparison of Lassen County and Siskiyou County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Siskiyou County has the higher population (43,834 vs 31,177 in Lassen County). Lassen County has the higher median household income ($64,395 vs $55,499 in Siskiyou County). Siskiyou County has the higher median home value ($284,500 vs $259,500 in Lassen County).

Population, income & housing

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
Population	31,177	43,834
Median age	37.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,395	$55,499
Median home value	$259,500	$284,500
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,043
Housing units	12,232	23,066
Homeownership rate	68.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
Population	30,818 → 31,177 (+1.2%)	43,468 → 43,834 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$56,352 → $64,395 (+14.3%)	$45,241 → $55,499 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$203,000 → $259,500 (+27.8%)	$198,900 → $284,500 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,043 (+9.1%)	$856 → $1,043 (+21.8%)

Lassen County

Population

30,81831,177

Median household income

$56,352$64,395

Median home value

$203,000$259,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,043

Siskiyou County

Population

43,46843,834

Median household income

$45,241$55,499

Median home value

$198,900$284,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	19.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	16.7%
75 and over	6.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	74.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	2.8%
Asian	1.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
No high school diploma	20.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	30.3%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
Drove alone	76.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	2.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Lassen County	Siskiyou County
Poverty rate	13.7%	16.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1977	1976