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North Shore is a small town of 3,515 people in Riverside County, California. It's about 54 miles from El Centro, CA and 86 miles from San Diego, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 107°F and winter highs 71°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $204k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,515people
$204kTypical home
$1,365/moRent
107° / 71°Summer / winter
0"Snow
339Sunny days
12Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,515
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 314 people per sq mi
- 86 mi to San Diego, CA
- 54 mi to El Centro, CA
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $204k (≈$1,286/mo)
- Median rent $1,365/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 107°F
- Winter highs around 71°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 339 sunny days a year (240 totally clear)
- 26 cloudy days a year
- 13 of 90 winter days are gray
- 12 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 115 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (278 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,522 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 33% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 5% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 11% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to PSP airport
- 41 mi to PSP (major hub)
- 45 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 58% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation -69 ft
- 86 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 73 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 28 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 97 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 33 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 11 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of California districts (reading)
- 18 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 34 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- 20 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 31 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Riverside County: Purple — split almost evenly
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk