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Shasta County, CA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 24 ZIP codes inside Shasta County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
24
in this county
Total population
173,954
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
22
distinct city/town names
Avg density
49
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Shasta County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
96003 Redding 44,522 155
96002 Redding 34,693 438
96001 Redding 34,253 183
96007 Anderson 24,666 78
96019 Shasta Lake 10,486 210
96073 Palo Cedro 5,377 46
96088 Shingletown 4,685 11
96013 Burney 4,519 11
96028 Fall River Mills 1,641 4
96008 Bella Vista 1,188 7
96051 Lakehead 1,177 1
96069 Oak Run 1,112 5
96062 Millville 1,006 6
96047 Igo 824 1
96096 Whitmore 808 3
96087 Shasta 784 7
96084 Round Mountain 650 5
96033 French Gulch 420 1
96016 Cassel 357 3
96065 Montgomery Creek 332 1
96011 Big Bend 196 1
96017 Castella 152 1
96040 Hat Creek 86 1
96071 Old Station 20 0

About Shasta County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Shasta County in California contains roughly 24 ZIP codes spread across 22 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 173,954. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider California index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 49, which classifies the county overall as a rural environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Shasta County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Shasta County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.