MabieCA
A town of 107.
Is Mabie a good place to live?
47% of the land in Mabie is conserved, above both California’s towns (4.3%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Mabie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
107 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Mabie: who provides what
Mabie is unincorporated, so Plumas 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 Mabie.
nearly a third of the land in Mabie is protected from building
3.8 miles of trail. In Mabie, the trail network density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Natural hazards: very high risk in Mabie, mostly inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Mabie sits above 97% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 47% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 36% to wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mabie’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Portola (20%), Reno (6%) and Delleker (6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 32 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Mabie brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults have diabetes in Mabie than in most of California or the rest of the country
In Mabie, 13% of adults binge drink. CDC measures, 32 in all: Mabie beats California on 8 and trails on 13.
| Mabie | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Mabie | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.6% | 14.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.5% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Mabie
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mabie; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Mabie residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Mabie for work
Where Mabie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Mabie
Place in California, United States
Mabie is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. Mabie sits at an elevation of 5,341 feet (1,628 m). Mabie is located on the Western Pacific Railroad, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Blairsden. The 2020 United States census reported Mabie's population was 181.
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- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 4,882 ft
Questions about Mabie
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mabie, CA a good place to live?
Mabie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.