Long BarnCA
A town of 29, settled in 1930.
Is Long Barn a good place to live?
73% of the land in Long Barn is conserved, against 4.3% in California’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Long Barn has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
29 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Long Barn: who provides what
Long Barn is unincorporated, so Tuolumne 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 Long Barn.
Long Barn has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
Long Barn’s density of trails stands at 1.2 miles per square mile. 3.5 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The schools Long Barn’s kids attend
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Summerville Union High school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Barn HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 9 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Long Barn has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from wildfire
One declared disaster, in 2023, has brought federal aid to Long Barn households. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 66% come from wildfires and 31% from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, more of Long Barn’s households are owner-occupiers
Typical home values fell 2% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Long Barn stands out in California and nationally: a larger share of its residents live below the poverty line
Half the trips to work are shorter than 72 miles. Since 2013, Long Barn has lost 25 jobs, to 5 in 2023. The top destinations are Sonora (7%), East Sonora (6%) and Sacramento (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Long Barn
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 33°, with about 51 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Long Barn is
Long Barn: 21% of adults get no exercise outside work. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Long Barn is ahead of California on 12 and behind on 9. Nearly two in five adults locally have high blood pressure; 79% had a checkup this year.
| Long Barn | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 79% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 4.1% | 9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Long Barn | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.1% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.6% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Yosemite National Park and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Long Barn. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi National ParkYosemite National Park4.3M visitors a year
21 mi LakeHetch Hetchy
15 mi State parkCalaveras Big Trees State Park
38 mi WaterfallYosemite Falls
13 mi National forestStanislaus National Forest
13 mi Ski areaDodge Ridge Ski Area61 runs · 1,576 ft verticalPhoto credits
Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Yosemite Falls: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Long Barn
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Long Barn
About 0 of every 100 Long Barn residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Long Barn for work
Where Long Barn’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Long Barn
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Long Barn, CA a good place to live?
Long Barn has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.