Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, settled in 1905, counts 1,604 residents.
Los Molinos’ weakest subject grade is a D− for incomes. 34% of residents live below the poverty line in Los Molinos, where California’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 9 of California’s 1,056 towns score lower on incomes. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. The biggest park or preserve is Mill Creek Park, at 48 acres. Los Molinos has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Los Molinos’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Los Molinos is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,241 in 1980, 2,098 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2012 and 3 maps from 1905 on.
Los Molinos is unincorporated, so Tehama 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Los Molinos.
In Los Molinos, 57% of households own their home. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 5.5% in value. The typical rent for Los Molinos comes to $1,113 a month.
| Los Molinos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,113 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 57% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The public schools here belong to the Los Molinos Unified school district. Its two schools are below. The 2 public schools in Los Molinos teach 469 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Molinos ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 266 | C+ |
| Los Molinos HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 203 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
A quarter of Los Molinos adults have been diagnosed with depression. This California town does better than the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 20.
| Los Molinos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Los Molinos | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 75% | 71.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.5% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
44% of Los Molinos’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 35%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Los Molinos once, in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Commuting out is the norm in Los Molinos: 6% of working residents work locally. Jobs in Los Molinos grew by 139 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 469. The top destinations are Chico (10%), Red Bluff (9%) and Redding (5%). Los Molinos’ typical journey to work is 29 minutes.
| Los Molinos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.4% | 6.6% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 97°, January nights drop to 39° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.5 miles. For Los Molinos, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Los Molinos | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.9% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mill Creek Park | — | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Los Molinos; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Los Molinos residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Census-designated place in California, United States
Los Molinos (Spanish for "The Mills") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 2,098 at the 2020 census, up from 2,037 at the 2010 census.
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That is 4.9 years of the area's median household income ($63,784 across the Red Bluff, CA area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.