Lakehead, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lakehead, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,139. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LAKEHEAD-CA · Lakehead, CA 1 ZIPs · 1,139 pop · #13383/25278 · Shasta County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $69,688
  • RANK-MID #13383/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oak Run
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,139
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $360,000

Nearest income peer: Oak Run, CA (+ $1,562 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Lakehead

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lakehead on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lakehead, CA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

47th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,139
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$69,688
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $69,688 and poverty 20.4% concentrate in 96051.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lakehead as a pure owner town.

Within California, Pine Mountain Club is the closest lower-income city and Ukiah the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lakehead.

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ZIP Codes in Lakehead, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Shasta County, which covers 24 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lakehead. See the Shasta County roll-up →

Lakehead lands mid-pack among the 11 cities sharing Shasta County: Redding, Palo Cedro and Fall River Mills earn more and Anderson, Shasta Lake and Shingletown earn less. Millville marks the far end of that range at $129,688, 86% above Lakehead.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
96051 1,139 1 America/Los_Angeles

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Lakehead, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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