Crescent MillsCA
This town of 63 people was settled in 1870.
Is Crescent Mills a good place to live?
25% of residents live below the poverty line in Crescent Mills, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. No town among the 848 in California we compare has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Crescent Mills. 26% of the land in Crescent Mills is conserved, against 4.3% in California’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Crescent Mills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
63 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Crescent Mills: who provides what
Crescent Mills is unincorporated, so Plumas 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 Crescent Mills.
In Crescent Mills, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical California or U.S. town
Since 1995, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Crescent Mills. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 59% come from inland flooding and 35% from wildfires. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Crescent Mills once, in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Crescent Mills, nearly a quarter of the land is conserved
2.9 miles of trail. The concentration of trails in Crescent Mills is 0.7 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Crescent Mills’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Quincy (25%), Greenville (9%) and East Quincy (9%). For half of commuters, work is under 13 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Crescent Mills, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 26°; snowfall runs to about 109 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Crescent Mills is
CDC measures, 32 in all: Crescent Mills beats California on 7 and trails on 10. For adults here, the share who report frequent physical distress is 17%. Nearly two in five adults here have high blood pressure; 76% had a checkup this year.
| Crescent Mills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 72% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Crescent Mills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.4% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Crescent Mills
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crescent Mills
About 0 of every 100 Crescent Mills residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Crescent Mills for work
Where Crescent Mills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Crescent Mills
Place in California, United States
Crescent Mills (formerly, Crescent City and Crescent) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States. Crescent Mills is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Greenville. The population was 206 at the 2020 census, up from 196 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 4.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,527 ft
- ZIP code
- 95934
Questions about Crescent Mills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crescent Mills, CA a good place to live?
Crescent Mills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.