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Country around Mcarthur is a rural area of about 1,584 people in Shasta County, California, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 65 miles from Redding, CA and 173 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $376k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,584people
$376kTypical home
$1,116/moRent
90° / 47°Summer / winter
8"Snow
268Sunny days
64Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,584 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 7 people per sq mi
- 173 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 65 mi to Redding, CA
- 57 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $376k (≈$2,369/mo)
- Median rent $1,116/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 268 sunny days a year (149 totally clear)
- 97 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 64 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 6 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 55
- 17% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 30% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 64 mi to RDD airport
- 136 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 65 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 3,465 ft
- 145 mi to the ocean
- 45 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 49 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 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
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of California districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 86 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 57 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 62 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.