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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-REDDING-CA · Redding, CA 93,268 pop · income 49th pct · 50 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Redding
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Redding on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fall River · lowest
53,933
Fall River · lowest
53,933 median HH income
39.6% of the leader · rank #1
Church Hill · near
69,433
Church Hill · near
69,433 median HH income
51.0% of the leader · rank #2
Rehobeth · near
69,438
Rehobeth · near
69,438 median HH income
51.0% of the leader · rank #3
Redding · this city
69,443
Redding · this city
69,443 median HH income
51.0% of the leader · rank #4
Northfield · near
69,444
Northfield · near
69,444 median HH income
51.0% of the leader · rank #5
Pennsbury Vil… · near
69,444
Pennsbury Vil… · near
69,444 median HH income
51.0% of the leader · rank #6
Mission Viejo · highest
136,071
Mission Viejo · highest
136,071 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Redding on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 93,268.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Redding - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Redding lands in the 49th percentile for household income and the 24th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
49th
percentile, household income
74th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
24th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Redding, CA
93,268 people live in Redding, California - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Redding brings in $69,443 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.2%. Redding's housing stock carries a median value of $363,800, and the median resident age is 38.7 years. About 26.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 55.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 123 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 58% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 2393.3 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 60.4°F with 47.1 inches of precipitation per year.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Redding's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to work and mobility to schools and households to climate and hazard context to within-city variation to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Redding, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Redding?
Within California, the closest population matches are Carson (93,523 residents, $107,391 income); Compton (93,525 residents, $74,270 income); San Marcos (94,078 residents, $105,286 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fall River, MA (93,764 residents); O'Fallon, MO (92,697 residents); Mount Pleasant, SC (92,662 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +320 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 123 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Redding?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 50 Census tracts to this city.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Redding?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.5%
Work from home
8.0%
Drive alone
79.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 39,846 workers age 16+.
The NCES join finds 41 public schools within the city match. 26.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
41
Bachelor's degree+
26.1%
Poverty estimate
8.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 60.4°F, with 47.1 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for California is 88.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
60.4°F
Annual precipitation
47.1 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
88.7
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Redding?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2393.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 5% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1745.5
Violent rate
647.8
Total reported rate
2393.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 8.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Redding, CA
32/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share C-
26.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$69,443
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
648 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Redding profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 51/100 (C-) · 26.1%
Household income: 48/100 (D) · $69,443
Poverty rate: 47/100 (D) · 8.2%
Violent crime: 8/100 (F) · 648 /100k
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Where Redding sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Redding's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Redding highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Redding, CA (this city): home $363,800, crime 2,393/100k
Fall River, MA : home $357,800, crime 2,135/100k
O'Fallon, MO : home $305,100, crime 538/100k
Mount Pleasant, SC : home $667,100, crime 1,300/100k
Roswell, GA : home $520,500, crime 1,181/100k
Carson, CA : home $645,600, crime 3,351/100k
Compton, CA : home $546,700, crime 4,417/100k
San Marcos, CA : home $792,400, crime 882/100k
Mission Viejo, CA : home $946,300, crime 1,285/100k
South Gate, CA : home $608,500, crime 4,125/100k
Chino, CA : home $641,500, crime 2,511/100k
How does Redding compare to other US cities?
Redding measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income49% higher than other cities
Home value74% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
Safety24% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just California and the picture shifts: Redding ranks #295 of 441 California cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Redding against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Redding near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Redding ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Redding only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#930 of 1,338
30th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#928 of 1,343
31st percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#595 of 1,450
58th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#719 of 1,458
50th percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
49th percentile nationally for median household income · 24th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Redding's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Redding's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Redding's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$363,80026th percentilemore affordable than 26% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Redding's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,238 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#478 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 5.2×, Redding sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,238 of 15,516 and #478 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$69,443Redding, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Redding, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Redding, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)26.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
93,268
Median Income
$69,443
Median Home Value
$363,800
Median Age
38.7
Poverty Rate
8.2%
Labor force participation
55.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
26.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2393.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
647.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1745.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
60.4°F
Annual Precipitation
47.1"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
41
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Redding's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
93,772 residents
2021
93,705 residents
2022
92,998 residents
2023
92,968 residents
2024
93,658 residents
2025
94,092 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
123
housing units authorized
Single-Family
123
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
294
227
67
$73.3M
2020
214
210
4
$62.7M
2021
201
153
48
$60.0M
2022
237
237
0
$78.1M
2023
94
94
0
$37.6M
2024
123
123
0
$48.9M
Permit volume decreased 58% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.1%
Carpool
8.6%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
1.9%
Work from Home
8.0%
Other
1.9%
Based on 39,846 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for Redding. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Redding is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Redding sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Redding compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.