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Quincy is a small town of 1,317 people in Plumas County, California. It's about 47 miles from Chico, CA and 98 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 29 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $301k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,317people
$301kTypical home
$1,110/moRent
87° / 42°Summer / winter
29"Snow
283Sunny days
84Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,317
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 312 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 47 mi to Chico, CA
- 39 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $301k (≈$1,895/mo)
- Median rent $1,110/mo
- Median household income $89k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 13.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Dry summers (dew point 37°F)
- 283 sunny days a year (170 totally clear)
- 82 cloudy days a year
- 35 of 90 winter days are gray
- 84 days a year with rain or snow
- 29" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 1 night a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (299 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (819 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 59
- 12% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 61 mi to TKF airport
- 70 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 49 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,000 ft
- 129 mi to the ocean
- 27 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 52 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 18 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
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 42 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 46% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 65 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Plumas County: R+17 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.