Rolling HillsCA
The town has 575 residents and lies in California.
Is Rolling Hills a good place to live?
Rolling Hills’ July high is 98°F, above both the California town median (89°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). No town among the 848 in California we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Rolling Hills. Rolling Hills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
575 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rolling Hills.
Rolling Hills faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by drought
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Rolling Hills, 78% come from drought and 10% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of working residents in Rolling Hills work locally than in the typical California or U.S. town
Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles. Employers in Rolling Hills added 51 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 225. Also worth knowing: the typical household income locally is $156,000. The top destinations are Fresno (32%), Madera (7%) and Clovis (4%).
| Rolling Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $156,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Rolling Hills brings mild winters and hot summers
The January low for Rolling Hills comes to 39°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Rolling Hills is
Among adults in Rolling Hills, 32% have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Rolling Hills beats the California average on 2 and trails it on 8. 26% of adults in Rolling Hills say their health is fair or poor; 38% have high blood pressure.
| Rolling Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Rolling Hills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 70.8% | 57.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 76.5% | 71.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.9% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Rolling Hills
Valley Children's Stadium and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rolling Hills. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaValley Children's Stadium
8 mi MuseumForestiere Underground Gardens
7 mi Stadium & arenaSave Mart Center
12 mi Stadium & arenaChukchansi Park
11 mi Zoo & aquariumFresno Chaffee Zoo
39 mi Scenic railwayYosemite Mountain Sugar Pine RailroadPhoto credits
Valley Children's Stadium: Emedina00, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forestiere Underground Gardens: R&sbwn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Save Mart Center: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Chukchansi Park: YAHQQLIGAN, CC BY 2.0 · Fresno Chaffee Zoo: Jim Moore, CC BY 2.0 · Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad: Bobtalbot61, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Rolling Hills: who provides what
Rolling Hills is unincorporated, so Madera 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.
99% of working residents leave Rolling Hills for work
Where Rolling Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Rolling Hills
About 4 of every 100 Rolling Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Rolling Hills
Census-designated place in California, United States
Rolling Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States, north of Fresno on State Route 41 (Yosemite Freeway). It lies at an elevation of 371 feet (113 m). The population was 793 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 371 ft
- Area code
- 559
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