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In California, this town has 3,347 residents.
Hazard risk is its weak spot — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Cost of living is weaker too (D−): the typical home is worth about $824K, 7.9 years of the Santa Rosa metro’s $105K median household income. Where it does best is walkability (A−): it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 83% of U.S. towns. It is strong on health as well (B+): it is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns. The overall grade comes out at C−, 527th of 841 in California. On that grade it does better than 17% of U.S. towns. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, where California’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is from typical.
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Where Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 1,675 in 1980, 4,233 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2013 and 4 maps from 1942 on.
Explore the history →Where Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Ordered by what stands out in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente.
Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it has poverty well above the California rate and has little public open land.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, 70% come from inland flooding and 28% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Sonoma Valley Unified school district runs its public schools. Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. 2 public schools serve Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, with 594 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowery ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 368 | – |
| New Song School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–11 | Grades 1–11 | 16 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 346 in 2014 to 538.
Most working residents leave Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente for work: only 3% work in town. This California town had 538 jobs in 2024, up 192 from 2014. Also worth knowing: for Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, the average trip to work is 25 minutes. The top destinations are Sonoma (16%), Santa Rosa (8%) and Petaluma (4%).
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 25% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 6.6% | 7.9% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Among adults in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, 28% have obesity. Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente: 71% of adults had a checkup this year.
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 29% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, the typical July afternoon high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
25.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12% across California, which weighs on its C for jobs and income.
The median age in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is 43.4 years. Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide). 13% of residents are 65 or older here. A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by nearly a third of adults 25 and older, vs 37% across California.
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.4 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.8 points). Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.4% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 20.2% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.4% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.9% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Just 11 of its 931 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente’s park or preserve takes up 8 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Larson Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median rent for Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is $1,743 a month. The share of households in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente who live in a home they own is 58%. Homes in Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente sold for 100.8% of their list price on average.
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,743 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw40 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw37 mi GardenPresidio of San Francisco
Big draw37 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaOracle ParkAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente 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.
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente
About 4 of every 100 Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Census-designated place in California, United States
Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 4,233. The name Agua Caliente translates into English, from Spanish, as hot water, referring to the hot springs historically found in the area.
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2 towns share a border with Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | #527 | C− | D− | — | B− | B+ |
| Boyes Hot Springs | #371 | C | D− | — | B− | B+ |
| Eldridge | — | — | C− | — | B− | A− |
Eldridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, Boyes Hot Springs and Eldridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente with a neighbor →
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Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #527 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 $824,000, 8% 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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