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Happy Valley, California.

A community in Shasta County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Shasta County’s.

Living in Happy Valley, Shasta County, California

Happy Valley, in Shasta County, had 4,949 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $92,222 a year and half less, against $72,636 across Shasta County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Shasta County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.

People 4,949 in the 2020 census; median age 42.5
Household income $92,222 the median, give or take $21,341 · Shasta County: $72,636
Unemployment 5.3% Shasta County, August 2026; 5.5% a year before
Homes 87% lived in by their owners; 13% rented
  • 2,026households
  • 14%of adults have a degree
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services17%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care13%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Government10%
  • Other services9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Shasta County had 71,664 jobs in 2025, 2.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 56° and 37°; warmest in July, 100° and 67° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 100° 67° A S O N D 56° 37°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 56° and 37°; warmest in July, 100° and 67° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 100° 67° A S O N D 56° 37°

Coldest in December, with highs near 56° and lows near 37°; warmest in July, with highs near 100° and lows near 67°. About 3 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Redding Municipal Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Shasta County

  1. Mercy Medical Center ReddingGeneral hospital1,508FTE
  2. Shasta CollegeUniversity or college662
  3. Shasta Community Health CenterCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient536
  4. CAL FireCal fire503
  5. Shasta Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital492FTE
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters465
  7. Shasta Union High SchoolsSchool district448FTE
  8. Redding Elementary SchoolsSchool district411FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 132 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,977 people in all across the county; Happy Valley has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireVery high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively high
  3. DroughtRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Happy Valley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Shasta County.