WestwoodCA
Today 1,063 people live in this town, first settled in 1913.
Is Westwood a good place to live?
Westwood’s best subject grades are an A for walkability and an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for incomes. On cost of living, just 10 of California’s 1,058 towns do better. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Only 48 of California’s 1,056 towns score lower on incomes. Westwood’s concentration of trails is 1.5 miles per square mile, where California’s towns sit at 1.0 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Westwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Westwood stand out
Where Westwood beats most towns.
Typical home value
1,063 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Westwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Westwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Westwood: who provides what
Westwood is unincorporated, so Lassen 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 Westwood.
The typical home in Westwood: about $436K
In Westwood, 62% of households live in a home they own. Values rose 2.4% in the 12 months to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On state tests, Westwood’s schools trail 62% of California districts
Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. Public schools: the Westwood Unified school district. 2 public schools serve Westwood, with 182 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Walker ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 128 | D |
| Westwood HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 54 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Westwood is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
40% of Westwood adults have high blood pressure. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Westwood is ahead of California on 2 and behind on 16.
| Westwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 31% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Westwood | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 10.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 76.5% | 71.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Westwood is inland flooding, at a very high overall level
FEMA puts 56% of Westwood’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 29% to wildfires. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Westwood’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.5 jobs for each of them
For half of commuters, work is under 73 miles away. Westwood’s typical journey to work stands at 17 minutes. Employers in Westwood shed 108 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 116. The share of residents in Westwood who live below the poverty line: 22%.
| Westwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.3% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Westwood has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 23° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 109 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Westwood
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Westwood; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Westwood residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
91% of working residents leave Westwood for work
Where Westwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Westwood
Census-designated place in California, United States
Westwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lassen County, California, United States. Westwood is located 20 miles (32 km) west-southwest of Susanville, at an elevation of 5,128 feet (1,563 m). Its population is 1,541 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,647 from the 2010 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,128 ft
- ZIP code
- 96137
- Area code
- 530
Questions about Westwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Westwood, CA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
What is Westwood, CA known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Wayne Young and Burt Delavan.