Twain HarteCA
This town of 2,372 people was settled in 1931.
Is Twain Harte a good place to live?
Twain Harte’s best subject grade is an A for health; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. Twain Harte’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, against 28 minutes in California’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top. Twain Harte has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Twain Harte stand out
Where Twain Harte beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Twain Harte | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.3% | 10.6% |
96% of working residents leave Twain Harte for work
Where Twain Harte’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Twain Harte grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Twain Harte is from typical.
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Moving to Twain Harte: who provides what
Twain Harte is unincorporated, so Tuolumne 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 Twain Harte.
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, fewer of Twain Harte’s adults feel lonely
Twain Harte: 4.3% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Two figures for adults locally: 26% have obesity, 18% get no exercise outside work.
| Twain Harte | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 29% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Twain Harte | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.3% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Twain Harte beat 69% of California districts
The public schools here belong to the Twain Harte school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 258 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twain HarteLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 258 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
A typical Twain Harte home is worth about $400K
84% of households live in a home they own locally. Twain Harte’s midpoint rent stands at $1,893 a month. Homes sold in Twain Harte spent a median 38 days on the market.
| Twain Harte | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,893 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Twain Harte has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from wildfire
Expected losses in Twain Harte break down as 57% from wildfires and 37% from inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Twain Harte households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Twain Harte’s workers commute out
Commuting out is the norm in Twain Harte: 4% of working residents work locally. Jobs based locally fell to 313 in 2023, 113 fewer than in 2013. For half of commuters, work is under 75 miles away. The top destinations are Sonora (7%), East Sonora (3%) and Sacramento (3%).
| Twain Harte | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Twain Harte
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.7% of the land in Twain Harte is protected from building
In Twain Harte, the trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Twain Harte | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Yosemite National Park and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Twain Harte. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi National ParkYosemite National Park4.3M visitors a year
25 mi LakeHetch Hetchy
17 mi State parkCalaveras Big Trees State Park
40 mi WaterfallYosemite Falls
20 mi National forestStanislaus National Forest
12 mi MuseumRailtown 1897 State Historic ParkPhoto credits
Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Yosemite Falls: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Railtown 1897 State Historic Park: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Twain Harte
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Twain Harte
About 3 of every 100 Twain Harte residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Twain Harte
Census-designated place in California, United States
Twain Harte is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The population was 2,378 at the 2020 census, up from 2,226 at the 2010 census. Its name is derived from the last names of two famous authors who lived in California, Mark Twain and Bret Harte.
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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,648 ft
- ZIP code
- 95383
Twain Harte’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Twain Harte.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twain Harte | — | — | D− | — | B+ | A |
| Mono Vista | #570 | D | D | — | B− | B |
| Soulsbyville | — | — | D | — | B | B+ |
Twain Harte and Soulsbyville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Twain Harte, Mono Vista and Soulsbyville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Twain Harte with a neighbor →
Questions about Twain Harte
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Twain Harte, CA expensive?
Yes. That is 5.2 years of the area's median household income ($77,404 across the Sonora, 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−.