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Burney is a small town of 2,668 people in Shasta County, California. It's about 42 miles from Redding, CA and 161 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 43 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $234k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,668people
$234kTypical home
$1,110/moRent
90° / 45°Summer / winter
43"Snow
279Sunny days
89Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,668
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 497 people per sq mi
- 161 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 42 mi to Redding, CA
- 40 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $234k (≈$1,476/mo)
- Median rent $1,110/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Dry summers (dew point 39°F)
- 279 sunny days a year (169 totally clear)
- 86 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 89 days a year with rain or snow
- 43" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (554 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,127 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 25% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to RDD airport
- 139 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 43 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 3,278 ft
- 126 mi to the ocean
- 23 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8 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
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 64 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 38 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 39 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Shasta County: R+37 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