BrooktrailsCA
A town of 4,398.
Is Brooktrails a good place to live?
Brooktrails earns a D, 655th among California's 841 graded towns, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 75% of the state's. In its favor, it has 17 miles of trail and 47% conserved land. 47% of the land in Brooktrails is conserved, against 4.2% in California’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 57 of California’s 1,063 towns score lower on walkability. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
What makes Brooktrails stand out
Where Brooktrails beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Brooktrails has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
3,235 counted in 2010 and 3,632 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Brooktrails grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Brooktrails is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Brooktrails: who provides what
Brooktrails is unincorporated, so Mendocino 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 Brooktrails.
Brooktrails keeps more of its land conserved than most of California and sends most of its workers to Willits and beyond, but it is a long drive from an emergency room.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Brooktrails
Its 2,185 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 98% of California towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #3 of 847 in California.
At 2.3 miles per square mile, Brooktrails’ trail density is where California’s towns sit at 1.0 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Foundation Hill | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Brooktrails faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Brooktrails
Brooktrails has 84 jobs for its 1,226 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Brooktrails for work: only 2% work in town. The median household income in Brooktrails is $116,000. The top destinations are Willits (26%), Ukiah (15%) and Santa Rosa (3%).
| Brooktrails | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brooktrails is healthier than 69% of U.S. towns
The nearest emergency room, Adventist Health Mendocino Coast, is 21.7 miles away in a straight line. Against the 6,292 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brooktrails’s, it is less healthy than 62%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Brooktrails beats the California average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 19% of adults binge drink in Brooktrails.
| Brooktrails | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 29% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Brooktrails | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.8% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.6% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Brooktrails has mild winters and pleasant summers
Brooktrails has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 37° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than California overall
Children under 18 are 30% of residents (22% statewide). 13% of Brooktrails residents are 65 or older. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| Brooktrails | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 30% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 31.9 years | 39.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 80 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5 points). Across California, 50.1% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 79% are men (CA 50%).
| Brooktrails | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19.3% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.5% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.6% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,400, single groups can be off by several points
Homes in Brooktrails sell for about $248K
The median property tax bill is $2,468, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Brooktrails’ median rent is $1,482 a month.
| Brooktrails | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,482 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Brooktrails
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Brooktrails; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Brooktrails residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
98% of working residents leave Brooktrails for work
Where Brooktrails’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Brooktrails
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Brooktrails is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. It shares ZIP code 95490 with Willits. The population was 3,632 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 7.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,634 ft
- Area code
- 707
Brooktrails’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Brooktrails.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooktrails | #655 | D | D | — | C | B+ |
| Willits | #744 | D− | D | C+ | C | C− |
Brooktrails reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Brooktrails with a neighbor →
Questions about Brooktrails
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brooktrails, CA a good place to live?
Brooktrails grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #655 of 841 in California. It grades B+ for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Brooktrails, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $372,000, 51% below 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.