Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,247, settled in 1938.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Overall it grades C, 371st among California's 841 graded towns. It is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $783K for a typical one and 7.5 times the Santa Rosa metro’s $105K median household income. Boyes Hot Springs’ July high is 83°F, below both the California town median (89°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Where Boyes Hot Springs beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Boyes Hot Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Boyes Hot Springs is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 1%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,391 in 1950, 6,215 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1885 and 4 maps from 1942 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Boyes Hot Springs. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw39 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw36 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw36 mi GardenPresidio of San Francisco
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaOracle ParkAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Boyes Hot Springs is unincorporated, so Sonoma 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Boyes Hot Springs.
Boyes Hot Springs sends most of its workers to Sonoma and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Since 1986, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Boyes Hot Springs.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Sonoma Valley Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altimira MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 324 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Boyes Hot Springs has 429 jobs for its 2,232 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 942 in 2013 to 429.
Most working residents leave Boyes Hot Springs for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Boyes Hot Springs has lost 513 jobs, to 429 in 2023. The top destinations are Sonoma (16%), Santa Rosa (8%) and Petaluma (6%).
| Boyes Hot Springs | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,396 U.S. towns with household incomes like Boyes Hot Springs’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Boyes Hot Springs beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 71% of adults had a checkup this year in Boyes Hot Springs.
| Boyes Hot Springs | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 29% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 9% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Boyes Hot Springs | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.6% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Boyes Hot Springs has mild winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Boyes Hot Springs is 38°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide). 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| Boyes Hot Springs | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 16% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Boyes Hot Springs | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.3% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.1% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.4% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 17.3% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.9% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.6% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Boyes Hot Springs’ median rent is $1,876 a month.
| Boyes Hot Springs | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,876 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 61% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Boyes Hot Springs
About 7 of every 100 Boyes Hot Springs residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
Census designated place in California, United States
Boyes Hot Springs (also called Boyes Springs or The Springs) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 6,215 people at the 2020 census. Resorts in Boyes Hot Springs, El Verano, Fetters Hot Springs, and Agua Caliente were popular health retreats for tourists from San Francisco and points beyond until the middle of the 20th century because of the geothermic hot springs that still well up from deep within the Earth.
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3 towns share a border with Boyes Hot Springs.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyes Hot Springs | #371 | C | D− | — | B− | B+ |
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | #527 | C− | D− | — | B− | B+ |
| El Verano | #288 | C+ | D− | — | B− | A− |
| Eldridge | — | — | C− | — | B− | A− |
Eldridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Boyes Hot Springs, Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, El Verano and Eldridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Boyes Hot Springs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Boyes Hot Springs grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #371 of 841 in California. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $783,000, 3% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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