City safety & data profile
ReddingCA
Redding, CA is a 92K-resident city in Shasta County with a median household income of $70,466.
Shasta County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Redding, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Redding has a population larger than 91% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $382,300, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 92K
- Population (place)
- Top 9%
- By size
- $70,466
- Median income (place)
- $382,300
- Median home (place)
- 14.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Redding
Redding posts a median household income higher than 37% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Redding area.
- Bottom 38%
- by median income, US cities
- 3
- hospitals in & near Redding
Composite score · Redding, CA
32/100
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.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.
Redding in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Redding income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$70,466 Bottom 37% higher than 37% 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
Ranked by headcount across the 482 CA places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- 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 tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Alamo instead.
CA cities ranked by median household income
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 leads this pool on median income; Los Angeles is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Redding, CA beyond the headline numbers
Redding sits inside Shasta County, California, at roughly 40.59°N, -122.39°W. Population 91,582, $70,466 median household income. Median home value $382,300, median rent $1,379. Poverty rate 14.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
3 hospitals in/around Redding, 2/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.
The median home in Redding costs around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 3.9% in Redding, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Poverty in Redding, CA stands at 14.1%, 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.
Remote work covers 9.4% of Redding workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
26.9% of Redding adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Redding sits at 5.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Redding, CA runs $1,379/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Redding 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Shasta County): Redding'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.
Economic Snapshot
What stands out most about Redding's economic profile: median household income at $70,466, 21% below the average across tracked places. Poverty rate also diverges: 14.1%, 14% above average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.1% +14% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 26.9% |
| Work From Home | 9.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.7% |
By the Numbers
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 3 total
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.
Cost of Living
BEA 20240.7% above national average
Metro area: Redding, CA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-level70 flood insurance claims have been filed in Shasta County since 2016, with $3.2M paid out by the NFIP.
California Atmospheric River alone generated 3 of those claims, the county's largest named flood event in this record.
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 Redding?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Redding right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CA-REDDING · Redding
Redding: 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 Redding; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Redding, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (14.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($70,466 here).
Compare Redding 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.
In the Area 8
Using Redding's profile
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 Redding area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Redding against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
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 (Shasta 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.