Redwood ValleyCA
A town settled in 1920, now home to 1,898 people.
Is Redwood Valley a good place to live?
Redwood Valley’s weakest subject grade is a D− for cost of living. Redwood Valley’s mean commuting time 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.
97% of working residents leave Redwood Valley for work
Where Redwood Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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.
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Moving to Redwood Valley: who provides what
Redwood Valley is unincorporated, so Mendocino 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 Redwood Valley.
Very high risk in Redwood Valley, with inland flooding at the top
61% of Redwood Valley’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 25%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Redwood Valley after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Redwood Valley’s public schools trail 61% of California districts
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Ukiah Unified school district. 552 students attend Redwood Valley’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 552 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
A larger share of adults in Redwood Valley have high blood pressure than in the typical California or U.S. town
Among adults in Redwood Valley, 31% say their health is fair or poor. The share of adults in Redwood Valley who report frequent physical distress: 19%.
| 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% |
| 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% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Redwood Valley’s workers commute out
The median commute is under 9 miles. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Redwood Valley. Most people who work leave Redwood Valley to do it: just 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ukiah (28%), Willits (2%) and Santa Rosa (2%).
| Redwood Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Zillow puts the typical Redwood Valley home at about $536K
Redwood Valley: 76% of households are owner-occupiers.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Redwood Valley: mild winters and hot summers
The typical July afternoon high in Redwood Valley is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 0.2% of Redwood Valley
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 1.6 miles. For Redwood Valley, the trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: one, of 4 acres.
| Redwood Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Redwood Valley Lions Club Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Redwood Valley
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Redwood Valley
About 4 of every 100 Redwood Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Questions about Redwood Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Redwood Valley, CA expensive?
Yes. That is 7.9 years of the area's median household income ($68,092 across the Ukiah, CA area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.