IgoCA
Population 90: a town settled in 1873.
Is Igo a good place to live?
Igo’s peak summer temperature is 97°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Igo has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
90 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Igo: who provides what
Igo is unincorporated, so Shasta 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 Igo.
Igo has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from wildfire
On expected storm and flood damage, Igo sits above 99% of U.S. communities. 66% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from wildfires, followed by inland flooding at 26%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Igo after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2020.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igo-Ono ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 36 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
Zillow puts the typical Igo home at about $333K
Values rose 2.3% in the 12 months to September 2026. Igo: 91% of households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Igo is
Among adults in Igo, 19% binge drink. Of 32 CDC measures, Igo beats the California average on 8 and trails it on 6. Nearly a fifth of adults in Igo get no exercise outside work; 74% had a checkup this year.
| Igo | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 29% | 35% |
| What stands out | Igo | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 10.6% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Shasta–Trinity National Forest and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Igo. Close and well known come first.
26 mi National forestShasta–Trinity National Forest
4 mi National Recreation AreaWhiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area764K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumTurtle Bay Exploration Park
26 mi MuseumWeaverville Joss House State Historic Park
10 mi TheatreCascade Theatre
11 mi GardenMcConnell Arboretum & Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Shasta–Trinity National Forest: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area: RoyalMayfair, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Turtle Bay Exploration Park: DimiTalen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cascade Theatre: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens: Daderot, CC0
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Everything we know about Igo
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Igo
About 0 of every 100 Igo residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Igo
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Igo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) nine miles west of Redding, California, United States. Its population is 103 as of the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is 96047. Wired Telephone numbers follow the pattern 530-396-xxxx. It has a neighboring town of Ono, which is four miles west of Igo. It is also home to the Northern California Veterans Cemetery, dedicated in December 2005. It has a post office, elementary school, general store, and a restaurant/banquet hall. The name Igo may be derived from an unidentified Native American language. According to folk etymology, Igo was named from the question "I go?" frequently asked by a miner's son who liked to accompany his f…
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- Elevation
- 1,089 ft
- ZIP code
- 96047
Questions about Igo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Igo, CA a good place to live?
Igo has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.