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Shelter Cove is a tiny town of 543 people in Humboldt County, California. It's about 96 miles from Redding, CA and 169 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 66°F and winter highs 56°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $450k and rent runs about $1k a month.
543people
$450kTypical home
$1,287/moRent
66° / 56°Summer / winter
0"Snow
182Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 543
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 93 people per sq mi
- 169 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 96 mi to Redding, CA
- 38 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $450k (≈$2,840/mo)
- Median rent $1,287/mo
- Median household income $44k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 66°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Dry summers (dew point 48°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (36 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (358 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,196 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 17% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 11% walk or take transit to work
- 65 mi to ACV airport
- 161 mi to SMF (major hub)
- 95 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 76% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 853 ft
- Right on the coast
- 86 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 132 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 52 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of California districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 53 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 39 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 58 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.