City safety & data profile
MagaliaCA
Magalia, CA is a 11K-resident city in Butte County with a median household income of $56,920.
Butte County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Magalia, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Magalia has a population larger than 8% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $280,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 11K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 9%
- By size
- $56,920
- Median income (place)
- $280,600
- Median home (place)
- 11.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Magalia
Magalia posts a median household income higher than 18% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Magalia area.
- Bottom 19%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Magalia
Composite score · Magalia, CA
23/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Magalia in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Magalia income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$56,920 Bottom 18% higher than 18% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in CA
Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
3,820,914 residents
- San Diego 1,404,452
San Diego, CA
1,404,452 residents
- San Jose 997,368
San Jose, CA
997,368 residents
- San Francisco 827,526
San Francisco, CA
827,526 residents
- Fresno 542,107
Fresno, CA
542,107 residents
- Sacramento 524,943
Sacramento, CA
524,943 residents
- Long Beach 474,140
Long Beach, CA
474,140 residents
- Oakland 419,267
Oakland, CA
419,267 residents
- Bakersfield 373,640
Bakersfield, CA
373,640 residents
- Anaheim 350,742
Anaheim, CA
350,742 residents
What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.
Income ranking: CA
Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Alamo
Alamo, CA
$250,001 median
- Hillsborough
Hillsborough, CA
$250,001 median
- Los Altos
Los Altos, CA
$250,001 median
- Orinda
Orinda, CA
$250,001 median
- Piedmont
Piedmont, CA
$250,001 median
- Saratoga
Saratoga, CA
$250,001 median
- Coto De Caza
Coto De Caza, CA
$243,816 median
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA
$243,227 median
- Palos Verdes Estates
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
$242,014 median
- San Carlos
San Carlos, CA
$237,470 median
What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Magalia, CA beyond the headline numbers
Magalia sits inside Butte County, California, at roughly 39.81°N, -121.58°W. Population 11,310, $56,920 median household income. Median home value $280,600, median rent $1,478. Poverty rate 11.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Magalia (nearest 14.8 mi away), 2/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 57.3°F annual average, 65.9" precipitation.
10.3% unemployment puts Magalia in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
At 47.8 years, Magalia's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8.6% in Magalia, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
17.3% of Magalia adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
A median home in Magalia runs about 4.9 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Public transit carries 0% of Magalia workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
16.7% of Magalia workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Poverty in Magalia, CA stands at 11.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Median rent in Magalia, CA runs $1,478/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Magalia from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Butte County): Magalia's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
The clearest outlier in Magalia's numbers is median household income: $56,920, which is 36% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: poverty rate at 11.8%, 5% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11.8% -5% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 10.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 17.3% |
| Work From Home | 16.7% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population Snapshot
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearest Hospitals 2 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20241.2% above national average
Metro area: Chico, CA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelButte County has recorded 71 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $2.6M in payouts since 2016.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Magalia?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Magalia right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CA-MAGALIA · Magalia
Magalia: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Magalia; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Magalia, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (11.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($56,920 here).
Compare Magalia with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
What to do with Magalia's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Magalia area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Magalia against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Butte County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.