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Shasta Lake is a big small town of 10,311 people in Shasta County, California. It's about 7 miles from Redding, CA and 154 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 98°F and winter highs 56°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $294k and rent runs about $1k a month.
10,311people
$294kTypical home
$1,298/moRent
98° / 56°Summer / winter
2"Snow
279Sunny days
93Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 10,311
- Part of a metro area
- About 946 people per sq mi
- 154 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 7 mi to Redding, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $294k (≈$1,856/mo)
- Median rent $1,298/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 98°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 279 sunny days a year (175 totally clear)
- 86 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 93 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 26 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (554 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,127 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 29% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to RDD airport
- 143 mi to SMF (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 833 ft
- 90 mi to the ocean
- 3 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 46 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 127 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 41 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Shasta County: R+37 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk