BayviewHumboldt County, CA
A town of 2,803, settled in 1925.
Is Bayview a good place to live?
Bayview earns a D−, ranked 784th of 841 in California, mostly because of incomes and health. The median household income is $48K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 78% of the country. In its favor, it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. Bayview’s July high is 63°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Homes are expensive, about $416K for a typical one and 6.8 times the Eureka area’s $61K median household income. Only 48 of California’s 1,064 towns score lower on the outdoors.
What makes Bayview stand out
Where Bayview beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave Bayview for work
Where Bayview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bayview grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Bayview is from typical.
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Moving to Bayview: who provides what
Bayview is unincorporated, so Humboldt County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bayview.
Bayview is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
The biggest natural risk in Bayview is earthquakes, at a very high overall level
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 90% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Bayview, 46% come from earthquakes and 43% from tsunamis.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Bayview fall behind 59% of California districts
The South Bay Union Elementary school district runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Bayview’s public school: 189 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 189 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
A larger share of adults in Bayview have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical California or U.S. town
Against the 5,180 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bayview’s, it is healthier than 57%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
For adults in Bayview, the share who report frequent physical distress is 17%. The share of adults in Bayview who report frequent mental distress: 22%.
| Bayview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Bayview | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.2% | 10.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 5.1% |
| More smokers | 18.1% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About half of Bayview’s working residents commute to Eureka
Bayview has 157 jobs for its 996 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 15.5 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Commuting out is the norm in Bayview: 2% of working residents work locally. The average trip to work for Bayview comes to 16 minutes. Half commute less than 3 miles. The top destinations are Eureka (48%), Arcata (12%) and Fortuna (4%).
| Bayview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Bayview
January nights average 42.2°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 63.4°.
In Bayview, the January low is 42°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Redwood National Park and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bayview. Close and well known come first.
25 mi National ParkRedwood National Park1.2M visitors a year2 mi Zoo & aquariumSequoia Park Zoo
33 mi State parkHumboldt Redwoods State Park
8 mi MuseumArcata Wastewater Treatment Plant and Wildlife Sanctuary
3 mi MuseumClarke Historical Museum
4 mi MuseumHumboldt Bay Maritime MuseumPhoto credits
Redwood National Park: Michael Schweppe, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Humboldt Redwoods State Park: Jason Sturner, CC BY 2.0 · Arcata Wastewater Treatment Plant and Wildlife Sanctuary: Monotropa_uniflora (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Clarke Historical Museum: NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Bayview
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bayview
About 8 of every 100 Bayview residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
Bayview’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Bayview.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview | #784 | D− | D | — | C+ | C− |
| Eureka | #769 | D− | D | D− | B− | C+ |
| Pine Hills | #665 | D | D− | — | B+ | C− |
Bayview and Pine Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bayview with a neighbor →
Questions about Bayview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bayview, CA a good place to live?
Bayview grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns and #784 of 841 in California. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Bayview, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.