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Alturas is a small town of 2,681 people in Modoc County, California. It's about 114 miles from Redding, CA and 208 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 50 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $170k and rent runs about $833 a month.
2,681people
$170kTypical home
$833/moRent
89° / 44°Summer / winter
50"Snow
256Sunny days
84Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,681
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 944 people per sq mi
- 208 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 114 mi to Redding, CA
- 73 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $170k (≈$1,073/mo)
- Median rent $833/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (134 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 84 days a year with rain or snow
- 50" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 19 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (662 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (632 per 100k)
People
- Median age 45
- 23% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 113 mi to RDD airport
- 144 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 115 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,364 ft
- 182 mi to the ocean
- 20 mi to a big lake
- 70 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 53 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 6 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 54 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 21% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 129 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 79 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 58 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Modoc County: R+47 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