City safety & data profile
Shasta LakeCA
Shasta Lake, CA is a 10K-resident city in Shasta County with a median household income of $67,401.
Shasta County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Shasta Lake, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Shasta Lake has a population larger than 1% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $294,400, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 10K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 2%
- By size
- $67,401
- Median income (place)
- $294,400
- Median home (place)
- 13.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Shasta Lake
Shasta Lake posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Shasta Lake area.
- Bottom 34%
- by median income, US cities
- 3
- hospitals in & near Shasta Lake
Composite score · Shasta Lake, CA
24/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Shasta Lake in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Shasta Lake income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$67,401 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
CA cities ranked by population
Ranked by headcount across the 482 CA places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
3,820,914 residents
- San Diego 1,404,452
San Diego, CA
1,404,452 residents
- San Jose 997,368
San Jose, CA
997,368 residents
- San Francisco 827,526
San Francisco, CA
827,526 residents
- Fresno 542,107
Fresno, CA
542,107 residents
- Sacramento 524,943
Sacramento, CA
524,943 residents
- Long Beach 474,140
Long Beach, CA
474,140 residents
- Oakland 419,267
Oakland, CA
419,267 residents
- Bakersfield 373,640
Bakersfield, CA
373,640 residents
- Anaheim 350,742
Anaheim, CA
350,742 residents
What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.
Highest median incomes in CA
The same 482-city CA pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Alamo
Alamo, CA
$250,001 median
- Hillsborough
Hillsborough, CA
$250,001 median
- Los Altos
Los Altos, CA
$250,001 median
- Orinda
Orinda, CA
$250,001 median
- Piedmont
Piedmont, CA
$250,001 median
- Saratoga
Saratoga, CA
$250,001 median
- Coto De Caza
Coto De Caza, CA
$243,816 median
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA
$243,227 median
- Palos Verdes Estates
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
$242,014 median
- San Carlos
San Carlos, CA
$237,470 median
What this shows Alamo leads this pool on median income; Los Angeles is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Shasta Lake, CA beyond the headline numbers
Shasta Lake sits inside Shasta County, California, at roughly 40.68°N, -122.37°W. Population 10,159, $67,401 median household income. Median home value $294,400, median rent $1,298. Poverty rate 13.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
3 hospitals in/around Shasta Lake (nearest 8.4 mi away), 2/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 63.5°F annual average, 62.9" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.4% in Shasta Lake, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
7.2% unemployment puts Shasta Lake in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
Only 4% of Shasta Lake workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
15.3% of Shasta Lake adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
At 41.8 years, Shasta Lake's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Shasta Lake, CA stands at 13.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
A median home in Shasta Lake runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Median rent in Shasta Lake, CA runs $1,298/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Shasta Lake from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Shasta County): Shasta Lake's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
Shasta Lake's median household income of $67,401 runs 25% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,298/mo, 16% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 13.3% +7% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.2% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 15.3% |
| Work From Home | 4% |
| Public Transit | 0.7% |
Population Snapshot
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Hospital Options 3 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20240.7% above national average
Metro area: Redding, CA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $3.2M across 70 flood insurance claims filed in Shasta County.
3 claims trace back to California Atmospheric River, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Shasta Lake?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Shasta Lake right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CA-SHASTA-LAKE · Shasta Lake
Shasta Lake: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Shasta Lake; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Shasta Lake, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (13.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($67,401 here).
Compare Shasta Lake with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
What to do with Shasta Lake's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Shasta Lake area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Shasta Lake against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Shasta County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.