Oak RunCA
With 596 residents, this town was settled in 1877.
Is Oak Run a good place to live?
43% of residents live below the poverty line in Oak Run, above both the California town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Oak Run has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
596 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Oak Run: who provides what
Oak Run 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 Oak Run.
Very high risk in Oak Run, with wildfire at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Oak Run, 67% come from wildfires and 25% from inland flooding. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage locally than in 96% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Oak Run once, in 2005.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The schools Oak Run’s kids attend
Public schools: the Oak Run Elementary school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Run ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 26 | B |
NCES · EDFacts
A home in Oak Run is worth about $368K, on Zillow’s estimate
Home values are down 1.6% over the year to September 2026. In Oak Run, 71% of households live in a home they own.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Oak Run, expect mild winters and hot summers
Expect July afternoons of 96° and January nights of 37°, with about 3 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Oak Run is
Two figures for adults in Oak Run: 75% had a checkup this year, 29% have obesity. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Oak Run is ahead of California on 8 and behind on 9. For adults in the town, the share who have high blood pressure is 38%.
| Oak Run | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 29% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oak Run | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Oak Run
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Oak Run; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Oak Run residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Oak Run
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Oak Run (also Oakrun) is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) 23 miles (37 km) east of Redding, California, United States. Its population is 158 as of the 2020 census. The ZIP Code is 96069. The community is served by area code 530. It was the site of a massacre of 300 Yana Indians in 1864.
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- Elevation
- 1,617 ft
- ZIP code
- 96069
Questions about Oak Run
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Run, CA a good place to live?
Oak Run has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.