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Bertsch-Oceanview is a small town of 2,250 people in Del Norte County, California. It's about 64 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 262 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 64°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $191k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,250people
$191kTypical home
$1,649/moRent
64° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
176Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,250
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 427 people per sq mi
- 262 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 64 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 55 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $191k (≈$1,206/mo)
- Median rent $1,649/mo
- Median household income $73k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 64°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (49 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 59 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (480 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,398 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 31% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 4 mi to CEC airport
- 251 mi to SMF (major hub)
- 123 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 39 ft
- Right on the coast
- 90 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 78 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 17 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 21% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 48 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 66 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 61 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Del Norte County: R+16 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk