With 10,311 people, Shasta Lake is a city in California. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. Households here earn about 32% less than in California as a whole. 3% of locals were born outside the United States. Getting to work takes 19 minutes on average. Growth has run 14% since 2000, or 1,303 more people.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $67,401, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 84%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Shasta Lake
What changed most since 2000
Median household income (2024 dollars)$47,864 → $67,401(+41%)US over the same years: +6%
Poverty rate20.1% → 13.3%(−6.8 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Homes owned by their occupants64.2% → 68.2%(+4.0 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Shasta Lake's population equals 5.7% of Shasta County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.5% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 3.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.5%(87)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.8%(84)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.2%(162)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.9%(22)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 447 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Shasta Lake, decade by decade
Shasta Lake population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
9,008
$47,864
$159,577
6.8%
34.0
2010
10,164
$63,146
$298,503
10.3%
40.6
2020
10,371
$58,489
$247,377
14.4%
50.5
2024
10,311
$67,401
$294,400
15.3%
49.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
