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Country around Adin is a rural area of about 512 people in Lassen County, California, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 89 miles from Redding, CA and 180 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 45 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $300k and rent runs about $1k a month.
512people
$300kTypical home
$1,000/moRent
84° / 42°Summer / winter
45"Snow
256Sunny days
88Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 512 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 3 people per sq mi
- 180 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 89 mi to Redding, CA
- 50 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $300k (≈$1,892/mo)
- Median rent $1,000/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Dry summers (dew point 36°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (134 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 88 days a year with rain or snow
- 45" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 8 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 60
- 20% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 87 mi to RDD airport
- 126 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 90 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,565 ft
- 168 mi to the ocean
- 48 mi to a big lake
- 42 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 72 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 9% of California districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 28 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 107 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 30 mi to the nearest vet
- 82 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 66 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.