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Bodega Bay is a small town of 1,139 people in Sonoma County, California. It's about 19 miles from Santa Rosa, CA and 41 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 65°F and winter highs 56°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.3M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,139people
$1.3MTypical home
$1,689/moRent
65° / 56°Summer / winter
0"Snow
252Sunny days
88Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,139
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 136 people per sq mi
- 41 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 19 mi to Santa Rosa, CA
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.3M (≈$8,166/mo)
- Median rent $1,689/mo
- Median household income $183k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 14.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 65°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 252 sunny days a year (93 totally clear)
- 113 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 88 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
- Low violent crime (243 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,013 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 24% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 42% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 13% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to STS airport
- 61 mi to SFO (major hub)
- 51 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 266 ft
- Right on the coast
- 119 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 154 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 393 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 36 bars within 25 mi
- 133 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 18 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 19 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sonoma County: D+46 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk