Census-designated place · Glenn County, California

Hamilton City, California

Hamilton City is a census-designated place in Glenn County, California. It has 2,267 residents. Hamilton City, California has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,942 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #756 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), rent as share of income (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), math scores (low) and reading scores (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,942 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #756 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 2,267 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 5,538.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 0631890

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#13,037/15,637
Economy32#10,686/15,631
Housing82#2,764/14,977
Health32#10,662/15,609
Healthcare20#12,538/15,650
Environment50#7,679/15,453
Education0#15,642/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,922/15,650
Community20#12,543/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,206/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hamilton City, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Glenn County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGlenn County value
Rent as share of income · low18.8%
97/100California 32.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Public libraries · high1.8 /10k
89/100California 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGlenn County value
Depression · low19.0%
86/100California 20.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/100California 12.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGlenn County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100California 1.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGlenn County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low4.1%
1/100California 37.1%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Math scores · low2.33
1/100California 2.79United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlenn County value
Reading scores · low2.48
2/100California 2.91United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlenn County value
Primary care physicians · low14 /100k
2/100California 83 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlenn County value
High school diploma or higher · low65.5%
3/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Drug overdose deaths · high34.6 /100k
6/100California 20.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataGlenn County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,113 (2015-2019) → 2,267 (2020-2024)
+7.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
44.4% (2015-2019) → 12.1% (2020-2024)
−32 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
54.5% (2015-2019) → 82.8% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
26.6% (2015-2019) → 7.6% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
20.7% (2015-2019) → 7.6% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
54.7% (2015-2019) → 65.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hamilton City, California improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+28 points54.5% → 82.8%

Declined2

Uninsured+7.4 points9.5% → 16.8%
Price / income+1.6×3.0× → 4.6×

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Hamilton City, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.1 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Broadband subscriptions	54.5%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+28 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	54.7%2015-2019	65.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+1.6×	Declined	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3642015-2019	0.3882020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$55,4442015-2019	$65,8332020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent as share of income	26.1%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.5%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Declined	6%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hamilton City, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hamilton City, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hamilton City, California itself moved +2.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,267 residents (±466)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−8.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,267 residents (±466)

Hamilton City, California
California share

White5.3%†121
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino91%2,055

Education

1,196 residents (±239)

Hamilton City, California
California share

No high school diploma35%†413
High school or GED40%†481
Some college17%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

686 households (±144)

Hamilton City, California
California share

Under $25k15%†106
$25k–50k25%†171
$50k–75k27%†183
$75k–100k9.5%†65
$100k–150k18%†126
$150k–200k0.6%†4
$200k or more4.5%†31

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

686 households (±144)

Hamilton City, California
California share

Own61%420
Rent39%†266

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

248 households (±103)

Hamilton City, California
California share

Under $7501.2%†3
$750–1,00091%†225
$1,000–1,5008.1%†20

Home values

420 homes (±125)

Hamilton City, California
California share

Under $150k16%†67
$150k–250k18%†76
$250k–400k41%†172

Age of homes

718 homes (±143)

Hamilton City, California
California share

2010 or later2.0%†14
2000–200912%†85
1980–199920%†144

Size of homes

718 homes (±143)

Hamilton City, California
California share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.5%†11
2 bedrooms39%†281

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,043 workers (±225)

Hamilton City, California
California share

Drive alone81%844
Carpool19%†199
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,043 workers (±225)

Hamilton City, California
California share

Under 15 min19%†203
15–29 min54%†561
30–44 min22%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Glenn County, the county holding most of Hamilton City's residents.

Glenn County has 514 employer establishments, 182 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.69× California's), with 5,811 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,454. The Census Bureau also counts 1,633 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 514; 1,633 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 182; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 5,811
Average annual pay: $63,454; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Glenn County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	43	15.3	3.02×More than typical	365	$55,096	62
Restaurants and other eating places	39	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	475	$24,884	4
Specialty trade contractors	39	13.8	0.89×About typical	213	$64,793	90
Ambulatory health care services	25	8.9	0.43×Fewer than typical	214	$68,397	34
Religious organizations	20	7.1	1.28×More than typical	77	$18,429	—
Full-service restaurants	17	6	0.79×Fewer than typical	180	$24,328	—
Limited-service restaurants	17	6	0.75×Fewer than typical	206	$22,495	—
Lessors of real estate	16	5.7	0.46×Fewer than typical	84	$40,619	94
Construction of buildings	15	5.3	0.70×Fewer than typical	32	$36,281	63
Gasoline stations	12	4.3	1.31×More than typical	183	$31,743	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	4.3	0.97×About typical	42	$74,262	10
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	3.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	37	$36,378	29

Rank places for an industry Open Glenn County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 28,168 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hamilton City, California: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

45.1KFY2017
54.2KFY2018
191.1KFY2019
124.2KFY2020
311.9KFY2021
-3.6KFY2022
19.6KFY2023

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hamilton City, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Hamilton City, California's figures are part of those of Glenn County, CA ($12M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hamilton City is mostly in Glenn County.

See federal money in Glenn County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hamilton City, California is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

James GallagherR-CA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 6.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Glenn County28100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Glenn County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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