GrimesCA
A town of 280, settled in 1883.
Is Grimes a good place to live?
42% of residents live below the poverty line in Grimes, above both the California town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). No town among the 848 in California we compare has a higher share of workers working from home than Grimes. Grimes’ trail network density is 1.4 miles per square mile, above both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Cecil Ranch is on the National Register of Historic Places. Grimes has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
280 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Grimes: who provides what
Grimes is unincorporated, so Colusa 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 Grimes.
The schools Grimes’s kids attend
The public schools here belong to the Pierce Joint Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Island ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 49 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Grimes’ workers commute out
For half of commuters, work is under 29 miles away. The top destinations are Arbuckle (10%), Sacramento (7%) and Williams (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Grimes is drought, at a high overall level
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Grimes, 80% come from drought and 9% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Grimes
July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 39° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Grimes is
The share of adults in Grimes who feel lonely: 38%. Among adults in the town, 70% had a checkup this year and 24% worry about having enough food.
| Grimes | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Grimes | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 18.6% | 10.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.7% | 10.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 7% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Grimes
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grimes; the nearest are
About 13 of every 100 Grimes residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Grimes for work
Where Grimes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Grimes
Census-designated place in California, United States
Grimes (formerly Grimes Landing) is a census-designated place in Colusa County, California, United States, on the Southern Pacific Railroad. It lies at an elevation of 46 feet (14 m). The two main roads that run through it are State Route 45 and Grimes-Arbuckle Road. Its ZIP code is 95950, and its area code is 530. Grimes's population was 296 at the 2020 U.S. census.
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- Established
- 1883
- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 46 ft
- ZIP code
- 95950
- Area code
- 530
Questions about Grimes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grimes, CA a good place to live?
Grimes has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.