Redwood Valley’s weakest subject grade is a D− for cost of living. Redwood Valley’s average trip to work is 44 minutes, above both the California town median (28 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 58 of California’s 1,058 towns score lower on cost of living. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Only 26 of California’s 1,063 towns score lower on history. Redwood Valley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

WeakestD⁻Cost of living D⁻Hazard risk DHealth C⁻Jobs & income

A commuter town

97% of working residents leave Redwood Valley for work

Where Redwood Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

202jobs based in Redwood Valley

3%of working residents work in town

9 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Redwood Valley grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Redwood Valley is from typical.

How grading works

Cost of livingD⁻Open →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listD⁻Open →HealthLess healthy than 88% of U.S. towns; Adventist Health Ukiah Valley 7.9 miles awayDOpen →Jobs & income$64K median household income; 202 jobs based hereC⁻Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 8.1 of 20; 5.9% of households have no car; 0% of workers walk, bike or ride transitCOpen →SchoolsC⁺Open →

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.

Outdoors2 miles of trails; 0% conserved landCOpen →HistoryD⁻Open →

Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

Climate–Open →Housing market–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 40.6; 8% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Redwood Valley: who provides what

Redwood Valley is unincorporated, so Mendocino County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPG&E37.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA

WaterRedwood Valley County Water DistrictNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA

Internet6 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC

Trash & county servicesMendocino CountyMendocino County provides services here

SchoolsUkiah Unified School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES

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 hereMendocino County Clerk-ElectionsMendocino County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2021

ZIP code9547095470 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 Redwood Valley.

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D⁻

Very high risk in Redwood Valley, with inland flooding at the top

98risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingEarthquakesWildfire

federal disasters paid out here

Full pageRedwood Valley’s hazards pageOpen the page

What it facesVery high risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters5 federal disasters · Paid out in Redwood Valley Get ready0.8 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

SchoolsC⁺

Redwood Valley’s public schools trail 61% of California districts

Its public schools are run by the Ukiah Unified school district. Its one school is below.

39%of CA districts it outscoresC⁺School Grade

School	Level	Students	Letter
Eagle Peak MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8	Grades 5–8	552	C⁻

Full pageRedwood Valley’s schools pageOpen the page

The districtsUkiah Unified Every school1 school · Eagle Peak Middle Questions“Are Redwood Valley’s schools good?”

NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation

HealthD

A larger share of adults smoke cigarettes in Redwood Valley than in most of California or the rest of the country

20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Redwood Valley, above both California’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (14%). 30% of adults get no exercise outside work in Redwood Valley. Redwood Valley beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20.

12%healthier than U.S. townsDHealth Grade

	Redwood Valley	California towns	U.S. towns
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)	19%	14%	14%
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)	31%	22%	19%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)	20%	11%	14%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)	16%	12%	12%

32 measures vs. California

0 better12 too close to call20 worse

What stands out	Redwood Valley	CA
More adults with COPD	11.2%	5.1%
More smokers	19.6%	10.9%
More adults with heart disease	9.7%	5.6%

Adventist Health Ukiah Valley

7.9 mi away · emergency room

1 of 3

care shortages: mental health

Full pageRedwood Valley’s health reportOpen the page

Everyday habitsMore smokers Hospitals & doctors nearby7.9 miles to an ER · Adventist Health Ukiah Valley How adults are doingMore adults in frequent physical distress Every CDC estimateBetter than CA on 0 of 32

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

Work & commuteJobs & income grade C⁻

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Redwood Valley’s workers commute out

Most working residents leave Redwood Valley for work: only 3% work in town. 17% of Redwood Valley residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Ukiah (28%), Willits (2%) and Santa Rosa (2%).

3%work in town