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Rancho Tehama ReserveCA

This town in California has a population of 978.

Is Rancho Tehama Reserve a good place to live?

27% of residents live below the poverty line in Rancho Tehama Reserve, above both California’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Rancho Tehama Reserve has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

978 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Getting set up

Moving to Rancho Tehama Reserve: who provides what

Rancho Tehama Reserve is unincorporated, so Tehama County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPG&E37.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet4 providers48% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesTehama CountyTehama County provides services here
SchoolsCorning Union High School DistrictCorning Union Elementary School DistrictFlournoy Union Elementary School District3 districts serve Rancho Tehama Reserve; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereTehama County Clerk-ElectionsTehama County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code9602196021 100%Census 2020

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 Rancho Tehama Reserve.

Natural hazards

Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Rancho Tehama Reserve is higher

Expected losses in Rancho Tehama Reserve break down as 54% from wildfires and 33% from inland flooding.

100risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
100Very high riskLowerHigher
WildfireInland floodingEarthquakes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Schools

The schools Rancho Tehama Reserve’s kids attend

Its one school is below. Public schools: the Corning Union Elementary school district. Enrollment at Rancho Tehama Reserve’s public school: 94 students.

SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Rancho Tehama ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5Grades K–594D−

NCES · EDFacts

Work & commute

Most of Rancho Tehama Reserve’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them

The typical journey to work in Rancho Tehama Reserve is 29 minutes. Most people who work leave Rancho Tehama Reserve to do it: just 2% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Rancho Tehama Reserve dropped by 52, to 37. The top destinations are Red Bluff (16%), Redding (8%) and Chico (5%).

2%work in town
Rancho Tehama ReserveCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Median household income$54,000$95,000$80,000
Working residents who work in town2%6.6%8%
Average trip to work29 minutes28 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Rancho Tehama Reserve2%
Red Bluff16%
Redding8%
Chico5%
Sacramento4%
38 mi
median commute distance
37
jobs based in Rancho Tehama Reserve
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers: that is Rancho Tehama Reserve’s year

July afternoons reach 97°, January nights drop to 39° and snow is almost unheard of.

97°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter40–57°
Spring48–72°
Summer64–94°
Fall52–78°
Nov 29
typical first frost
Feb 22
typical last frost
+1.0°
vs. the 20th-century average
97°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Rancho Tehama Reserve is

Among adults in Rancho Tehama Reserve, 16% smoke cigarettes. CDC measures, 32 in all: Rancho Tehama Reserve beats California on 1 and trails on 13. In Rancho Tehama Reserve, 14% of adults have diabetes, and 38% have high blood pressure.

Rancho Tehama ReserveCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)17%14%14%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)14%12%12%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)38%31%35%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)16%11%14%
32 measures vs. California
1 better18 too close to call13 worse
What stands outRancho Tehama ReserveCA
More adults treating high blood pressure74.9%71.3%
More adults with COPD9.1%5.1%
Glenn Medical Center
35.4 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Housing

In Rancho Tehama Reserve, the median rent runs lower than in the typical California or U.S. town

In Rancho Tehama Reserve, 81% of households are owner-occupiers.

$312Kmedian sale price
Rancho Tehama ReserveCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Median rent$937 a month$1,896 a month$1,185 a month
Households that own their home81%64%73%
1
homes sold in September

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Outdoors

0% of Rancho Tehama Reserve is conserved land

6.1 miles of trail. For Rancho Tehama Reserve, the density of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 7,487 acres
6.1 mi
of trails · 0.5 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rancho Tehama Reserve

16pages on Rancho Tehama Reserve
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Rancho Tehama Reserve; the nearest are

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Rancho Tehama Reserve for work

Where Rancho Tehama Reserve’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

16% → Red Bluff Red Bluff 16% 8% → Redding Redding 8% 5% → Chico Chico 5% 4% → Sacramento Sacramento 4% 3% → Corning Corning 3% 2% → San Francisco San Francisco 2% Rancho Tehama Reserve · 2% stay
37jobs based in Rancho Tehama Reserve
2%of working residents work in town
38 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Rancho Tehama Reserve

Place in California, United States

Official town website ↗

Rancho Tehama, also known as the Rancho Tehama Reserve, is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 1,572. The lightly populated rural, remote community has large lots where some residents farm olives, walnuts and almonds.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
12 sq mi

Questions about Rancho Tehama Reserve

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA a good place to live?

Rancho Tehama Reserve has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.