Shasta County vs Yolo County

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

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

Yolo County has the higher population (217,782 vs 181,554 in Shasta County). Yolo County has the higher median household income ($88,818 vs $71,931 in Shasta County). Yolo County has the higher median home value ($593,800 vs $347,200 in Shasta County).

Population, income & housing

	Shasta County	Yolo County
Population	181,554	217,782
Median age	41.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,931	$88,818
Median home value	$347,200	$593,800
Median gross rent	$1,267	$1,757
Housing units	79,748	81,543
Homeownership rate	65.4%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shasta County	Yolo County
Population	179,212 → 181,554 (+1.3%)	217,352 → 217,782 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$54,667 → $71,931 (+31.6%)	$70,228 → $88,818 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$252,300 → $347,200 (+37.6%)	$424,900 → $593,800 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $1,267 (+21.9%)	$1,324 → $1,757 (+32.7%)

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

Yolo County

Population

217,352217,782

Median household income

$70,228$88,818

Median home value

$424,900$593,800

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shasta County	Yolo County
Under 5	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	19.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.9%
75 and over	8.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shasta County	Yolo County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	43.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.4%
Asian	3.3%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shasta County	Yolo County
No high school diploma	7.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shasta County	Yolo County
Drove alone	78.3%	63.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	2.4%
Walked	2.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	5.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	17.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shasta County	Yolo County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	12.3%
20 or more units	3.8%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Shasta County	Yolo County
Poverty rate	13.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1982	1982