IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Clear Creek, CA
Clear Creek is a tiny town of 172 people in Lassen County, California. It's about 55 miles from Chico, CA and 122 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 104 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $231k and rent runs about $1k a month.
172people
$231kTypical home
$1,000/moRent
85° / 40°Summer / winter
104"Snow
279Sunny days
83Rain/snow days
Is Clear Creek right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Tiny town of 172
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 152 people per sq mi
- 122 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 55 mi to Chico, CA
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $231k (≈$1,455/mo)
- Median rent $1,000/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Dry summers (dew point 35°F)
- 279 sunny days a year (169 totally clear)
- 86 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 83 days a year with rain or snow
- 104" of snow a year
- 22 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (432 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (619 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 35% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 67 mi to RDD airport
- 88 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 58 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 77% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,026 ft
- 151 mi to the ocean
- 44 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 77 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 7 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
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 54 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of California districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 74 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- 46 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lassen County: R+54 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.