Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County has a population of 134,541 and has shrunk 3.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $446,900, about 7.3 times the county's median household income of $61,160.

Home price
$446,900
Income
$61,160
Population
134,541
Unemployment
9.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$446,900county
Median gross rent$1,287county
Median year homes here were built1973county
Share of homes built before 198059.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented43.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,545county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,550county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,186county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,156county
Home insurance / yr$1,616(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living142.3(statewide)
Median household income$61,160county
Family health premium / yr$24,143(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,945(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.593(statewide)
Poverty rate18.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.0%county
Unemployment rate9.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed12.0%county
Share of workers employed by government25.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.5%county
Economic output per resident$56,418county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.64%county
Top state income tax13.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax13.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service15 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport133682county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here8county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station90 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.1%county
Traffic deaths42.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher33.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.9%county
Public schools in the county88county
Public school enrollment17175county
Students per full-time teacher18.7county
Free lunch eligible60.5%county
Elementary schools48county
Middle schools10county
High schools20county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution8.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians61county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year17.0%county
Frequent mental distress19.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population134,541county
Land area in square miles3,568county
People per square mile of land37.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores47county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store12.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract28.2%county
Population change since 2020-3.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age39.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.8%county
Share of households that are one person32.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.2%county
Second languages11.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls19.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents115county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in2,533county
Households that moved away2,901county
Average income of arriving households$53,320county
Average income of departing households$51,183county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year325county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings50.8%county
Violent crime rate486(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation68.0 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.99 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F14 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing13 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days249 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 20county
Average first fall frostNov 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$198county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh39.6¢county
Household electricity use500 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.81(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity17.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas55.5%county
Homes heated by propane8.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood15.6%county
Households with broadband90.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk94.2county
Coastal flood risk87.8county
Drought risk78.5county
Landslide risk99.6county
Hail risk15.3county
Earthquake risk99.0county
Tornado risk7.9county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk47.3county
Winter weather risk10.5county
Strong wind risk3.9county
Wildfire risk95.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Humboldt County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the California figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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