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Fall River Mills is a tiny town of 444 people in Shasta County, California. It's about 57 miles from Redding, CA and 169 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $366k and rent runs about $1k a month.
444people
$366kTypical home
$1,317/moRent
90° / 46°Summer / winter
3"Snow
268Sunny days
58Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 444
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 168 people per sq mi
- 169 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 57 mi to Redding, CA
- 54 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $366k (≈$2,311/mo)
- Median rent $1,317/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 25.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 46°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
- 58 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- 5 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 31
- 41% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to RDD airport
- 137 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 58 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3,330 ft
- 138 mi to the ocean
- 37 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 45 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 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
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of California districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 78 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 50 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 54 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
Limited data: this place is small enough that most of its Census numbers (rent, home value, income, age) are blended with county figures. Treat its match as a rough guide.