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Pine Mountain Lake is a small town of 2,498 people in Tuolumne County, California. It's about 42 miles from Merced, CA and 77 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 53°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $427k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,498people
$427kTypical home
$1,406/moRent
91° / 53°Summer / winter
5"Snow
304Sunny days
65Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,498
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 132 people per sq mi
- 77 mi to Fresno, CA
- 42 mi to Merced, CA
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $427k (≈$2,690/mo)
- Median rent $1,406/mo
- Median household income $79k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Dry summers (dew point 36°F)
- 304 sunny days a year (201 totally clear)
- 61 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 65 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (563 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (745 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 63
- 11% of households have kids
- 43% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to MCE airport
- 79 mi to FAT (major hub)
- 41 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,861 ft
- 70 mi to the ocean
- 64 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 62 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 17% of California districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 27 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 46 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tuolumne County: R+22 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
- Very low volcano risk