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Fields Landing is a tiny town of 532 people in Humboldt County, California. It's about 98 miles from Redding, CA and 209 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 $436k and rent runs about $1k a month.
532people
$436kTypical home
$1,287/moRent
64° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
182Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 532
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,921 people per sq mi
- 209 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 98 mi to Redding, CA
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $436k (≈$2,746/mo)
- Median rent $1,287/mo
- Median household income $79k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 21.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 64°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (36 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- About average violent crime (358 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,196 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 27
- 11% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 13% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to ACV airport
- 198 mi to SMF (major hub)
- 96 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3 ft
- Right on the coast
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 113 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 128 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- 32 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of California districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Humboldt County: D+28 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
- Moderate drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.