Census-designated place · Siskiyou County, California

Lake Shastina, California

Lake Shastina is a census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California. It has 3,001 residents. Lake Shastina, California has a quality-of-life score of 21 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,320 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #704 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), grocery stores (high) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), flu vaccinations (low) and math scores (low).

21Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,320 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #704 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 3,001 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 747.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0639728

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety12#13,743/15,637
Economy30#10,872/15,631
Housing10#13,453/14,977
Health30#10,931/15,609
Healthcare60#6,210/15,650
Environment53#7,194/15,453
Education8#14,408/15,649
Infrastructure44#8,741/15,650
Community25#11,713/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,270/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lake Shastina, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Siskiyou County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high28.3 /10k
99/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySiskiyou County value
Grocery stores · high3.8 /10k
98/100California 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSiskiyou County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,536 /100k
96/100California 2,428 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSiskiyou County value
Mental health providers · high577 /100k
92/100California 487 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSiskiyou County value
Public libraries · high2.1 /10k
92/100California 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSiskiyou County value
Adult obesity · low28.9%
82/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high98.3
2/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencySiskiyou County value
Flu vaccinations · low23.0%
2/100California 41.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSiskiyou County value
Math scores · low2.44
2/100California 2.79United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSiskiyou County value
Reading scores · low2.59
4/100California 2.91United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSiskiyou County value
Injury deaths · high142 /100k
5/100California 67 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSiskiyou County value
Traffic deaths · high33.6 /100k
5/100California 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataSiskiyou County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,790 (2016-2020) → 3,001 (2020-2024)
+7.6%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
47.1% (2016-2020) → 62.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$64,688 (2016-2020) → $80,542 (2020-2024)
+25%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
27.3% (2016-2020) → 31.9% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.7× (2016-2020) → 4.4× (2020-2024)
+21%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.374 (2016-2020) → 0.444 (2020-2024)
+19%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Lake Shastina, California over five years.

Cities and towns like Lake Shastina, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lake Shastina, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Lake Shastina, California five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,001 residents (±426)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,001 residents (±426)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

White73%2,198
Black1.8%†53
Hispanic or Latino17%†510

Education

2,329 residents (±295)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

No high school diploma8.0%†186
High school or GED18%422
Some college27%636

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,237 households (±134)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

Under $25k12%†147
$25k–50k18%218
$50k–75k14%†177
$75k–100k20%243
$100k–150k19%†231
$150k–200k8.7%†108
$200k or more9.1%†113

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,237 households (±134)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

Own88%1,094
Rent12%†143

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

137 households (±61)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

Under $75013%†18
$750–1,0001.5%†2
$1,000–1,50037%†51

Home values

1,094 homes (±137)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

Under $150k1.3%†14
$150k–250k9.7%†106
$250k–400k54%595

Age of homes

1,388 homes (±134)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

2010 or later11%†154
2000–200931%429
1980–199934%467

Size of homes

1,388 homes (±134)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

Studio0.6%†9
1 bedroom1.2%†17
2 bedrooms20%283

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,105 workers (±198)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

Drive alone77%850
Carpool4.5%†50
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.4%†4
Bike0.0%0
Work from home18%†201
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

904 workers (±186)

Lake Shastina, California
California share

Under 15 min11%†101
15–29 min60%539
30–44 min17%†151

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Siskiyou County, the county holding most of Lake Shastina's residents.

Siskiyou County has 1,070 employer establishments, 250 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 0.95× California's), with 8,455 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,607. The Census Bureau also counts 3,233 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,070; 3,233 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 250; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 8,455
Average annual pay: $47,607; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Siskiyou County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	85	19.8	1.08×About typical	974	$24,132	20
Ambulatory health care services	80	18.7	0.90×About typical	475	$67,509	178
Specialty trade contractors	59	13.8	0.89×About typical	249	$72,104	229
Construction of buildings	53	12.4	1.64×More than typical	181	$58,188	157
Lessors of real estate	50	11.7	0.95×About typical	90	$39,856	270
Full-service restaurants	39	9.1	1.18×About typical	428	$24,568	12
Traveler accommodation	37	8.6	4.78×More than typical	459	$36,100	26
Gasoline stations	34	7.9	2.45×More than typical	314	$30,949	—
Limited-service restaurants	30	7	0.87×About typical	446	$22,883	6
Religious organizations	28	6.5	1.18×About typical	121	$17,091	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	6.5	0.97×About typical	59	$45,153	220
Automotive repair and maintenance	26	6.1	1.20×About typical	91	$38,538	45

Rank places for an industry Open Siskiyou County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 42,856 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lake Shastina, California: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

33.3KFY2017
45.2KFY2018
2.9KFY2019
4.2KFY2020
18.1KFY2021
4.4KFY2022
3.1KFY2024
0FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Lake Shastina, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Lake Shastina, California's figures are part of those of Siskiyou County, CA ($20.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lake Shastina is mostly in Siskiyou County.

See federal money in Siskiyou County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lake Shastina, California is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

James GallagherR-CA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 6.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Siskiyou County36100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Siskiyou County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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