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Sea Ranch is a small town of 1,287 people in Sonoma County, California. It's about 45 miles from Santa Rosa, CA and 73 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 57°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.4M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,287people
$1.4MTypical home
$2,158/moRent
79° / 57°Summer / winter
1"Snow
252Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,287
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 80 people per sq mi
- 73 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 45 mi to Santa Rosa, CA
- 32 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.4M (≈$8,649/mo)
- Median rent $2,158/mo
- Median household income $139k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 57°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 252 sunny days a year (93 totally clear)
- 113 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 10 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (243 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,013 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 70
- 8% of households have kids
- 57% are 65 or older
- 64% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 38 mi to STS airport
- 96 mi to SFO (major hub)
- 84 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 597 ft
- Right on the coast
- 121 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 170 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 22 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 26 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 36% of California districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 30 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 33 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sonoma County: D+46 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate 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.