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Crescent City is a big small town of 6,046 people in Del Norte County, California. It's about 64 miles from Grants Pass, OR and 264 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 64°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $307k and rent runs about $1k a month.
6,046people
$307kTypical home
$1,192/moRent
64° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
176Sunny days
133Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 6,046
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 3,080 people per sq mi
- 264 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 64 mi to Grants Pass, OR
- 57 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $307k (≈$1,933/mo)
- Median rent $1,192/mo
- Median household income $36k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 64°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (49 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 59 of 90 winter days are gray
- 133 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- High violent crime (830 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (3,056 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 33% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 2 mi to CEC airport
- 253 mi to SMF (major hub)
- 125 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 44% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 49 ft
- Right on the coast
- 92 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 80 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 17 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 21% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 47 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 67 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 62 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Del Norte County: R+16 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk