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Dunsmuir is a small town of 1,407 people in Siskiyou County, California. It's about 46 miles from Redding, CA and 189 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 39 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $279k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,407people
$279kTypical home
$1,093/moRent
89° / 47°Summer / winter
39"Snow
271Sunny days
99Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,407
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 877 people per sq mi
- 189 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 46 mi to Redding, CA
- 39 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $279k (≈$1,759/mo)
- Median rent $1,093/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 271 sunny days a year (159 totally clear)
- 94 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 99 days a year with rain or snow
- 39" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (273 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (462 per 100k)
People
- Median age 49
- 22% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 50 mi to RDD airport
- 178 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 45 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1947
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 2,759 ft
- 94 mi to the ocean
- 22 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 17 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 36 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 3% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 74 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 36 mi to the nearest vet
- 20 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 43 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Siskiyou County: R+19 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
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk