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Charter Oak is a big small town of 9,442 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 29 miles from Riverside, CA. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 69°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $606k and rent runs about $2k a month.
9,442people
$606kTypical home
$1,900/moRent
91° / 69°Summer / winter
0"Snow
335Sunny days
35Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,442
- Part of a metro area
- About 10,175 people per sq mi
- 29 mi to Riverside, CA
- 29 mi to Riverside, CA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $606k (≈$3,823/mo)
- Median rent $1,900/mo
- Median household income $88k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 69°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 335 sunny days a year (231 totally clear)
- 30 cloudy days a year
- 17 of 90 winter days are gray
- 35 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 11 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (539 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,118 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 32% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to ONT airport
- 15 mi to ONT (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 59% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 709 ft
- 29 mi to the ocean
- 111 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 89 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 5,307 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 331 bars within 25 mi
- 2,586 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 27 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 147 museums within 25 mi
- 17 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 37% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Los Angeles County: D+33 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk