MyrtletownCA
A town of 5,322.
Is Myrtletown a good place to live?
Myrtletown grades D overall, 660th of 841 graded towns in California, mostly because of incomes. The median household income is $60K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: it has 6 miles of trail. Myrtletown’s mean commuting time is 13 minutes, below both the California town median (28 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Only 9 of the 846 California towns we compare have a lower midsummer high than Myrtletown.
What makes Myrtletown stand out
Where Myrtletown beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Myrtletown lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 32% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Myrtletown grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Myrtletown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Myrtletown: who provides what
Myrtletown is unincorporated, so Humboldt 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 Myrtletown.
Myrtletown is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
10% of the land in Myrtletown is protected from building
5.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest place to walk is McKay Community Forest, 132 acres with 2.9 miles of trail. In Myrtletown, the concentration of trails is 2.6 miles per square mile.
| Myrtletown | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.6 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 10% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McKay Community Forest | 2.9 mi | 132 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Myrtletown fall behind 57% of California districts
Its two schools are below. The Eureka City Schools runs its public schools. Enrollment at Myrtletown’s public school: 324 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 324 | D |
| Gospel Outreach School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–10 | Grades 1–10 | 18 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Myrtletown faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
FEMA puts 50% of Myrtletown’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 32% to coastal flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About two in five of Myrtletown’s working residents commute to Eureka
Jobs based here fell from 1,680 in 2013 to 1,261. The average commute for its 1,707 working residents takes 13.4 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Most people who work leave Myrtletown to do it: just 6% work in town. Employers in Myrtletown shed 419 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,261. The top destinations are Eureka (44%), Arcata (16%) and McKinleyville (3%).
| Myrtletown | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Myrtletown brings mild winters and pleasant summers
January nights average 41.8°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 65°.
Snow almost never falls. The town’s January low comes in at 42°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Myrtletown skews older than California
People 65 and older are nearly a quarter of residents (16% statewide).
| Myrtletown | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.2 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 71% are men (CA 47%).
| Myrtletown | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.8% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.7% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.6% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.1% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.1% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Myrtletown ranks healthier than 50% of the country’s towns
Against the 9,052 U.S. towns with household incomes like Myrtletown’s, it is healthier than 76%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Myrtletown who report frequent mental distress: 19%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Myrtletown is ahead of California on 5 and behind on 10. In Myrtletown, nearly a third of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 73% had a checkup this year.
| Myrtletown | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 72% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Myrtletown | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.2% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.5% | 14.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.9% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Myrtletown sell for about $410K
69.6% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 55.3% across California. The median property tax bill is $2,188, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Myrtletown: a median 29 days to sell. Half of households own their home in the town. The town’s rent at the middle of the market stands at $1,583 a month.
| Myrtletown | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,583 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Redwood National Park and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Myrtletown. Close and well known come first.
22 mi National ParkRedwood National Park1.2M visitors a yearin town Zoo & aquariumSequoia Park Zoo
34 mi State parkHumboldt Redwoods State Park
5 mi MuseumArcata Wastewater Treatment Plant and Wildlife Sanctuary
2 mi MuseumClarke Historical Museum
4 mi MuseumHumboldt Bay Maritime MuseumPhoto credits
Redwood National Park: Michael Schweppe, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Humboldt Redwoods State Park: Jason Sturner, CC BY 2.0 · Arcata Wastewater Treatment Plant and Wildlife Sanctuary: Monotropa_uniflora (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Clarke Historical Museum: NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Myrtletown
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Myrtletown
About 7 of every 100 Myrtletown residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
94% of working residents leave Myrtletown for work
Where Myrtletown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Myrtletown
Census designated place in California, United States
Myrtletown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Humboldt County, California, United States. Myrtletown lies at an elevation of 112 feet (34 m). Myrtletown is a part of the Eureka, California metropolitan area. The population was 4,882 at the 2020 census, up from 4,675 at the 2010 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 112 ft
- Area code
- 707
Myrtletown’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Myrtletown.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtletown | #660 | D | D | — | C+ | B− |
| Cutten | #128 | B | D | — | A− | A− |
| Eureka | #769 | D− | D | D− | B− | C+ |
Myrtletown and Cutten report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Myrtletown with a neighbor →
Questions about Myrtletown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Myrtletown, CA a good place to live?
Myrtletown grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #660 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Myrtletown, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $453,000, 40% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.