Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety8#847/924
Economy36#596/925
Housing10#834/925
Health23#717/925
Healthcare57#397/923
Environment99#12/917
Education26#684/925
Infrastructure75#228/925
Community18#758/925
Leisure & amenities33#624/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crescent City, CA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high35.2%
97/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high14.0 /10k
92/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Job growth · high2.0%
90/100California 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Adult obesity · low30.9%
90/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Dentists · high87 /100k
89/100California 95 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · low32
88/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high45.0 mi
0/100California 4.3 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
New business applications · low6.1 /1k
1/100California 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high52.7 /100k
1/100California 20.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high37.6 /100k
2/100California 9.9 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · low30.0%
2/100California 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Social associations · low3.8 /10k
2/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
1.4 /1k (2021) → 4.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+240%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
79% (2021) → 45% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−33 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
59.0% (2010 & 2021) → 84.9% (2022 & 2024)
+26 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Public librariesImproving
0.4 /10k (2019) → 0.7 /10k (2024)
+107%5 yearsUS 0.5 /10k → 0.5 /10k
High ozone daysImproving
3 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Some collegeImproving
41.8% (2016-2020) → 57.1% (2019-2023)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%

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, Crescent City, CA micropolitan area improved on 18 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 5 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved18

Libraries+107%0.4 /10k → 0.7 /10k
Poverty−6.5 points19.5% → 12.9%
Household income+48%$45,283 → $67,058
Grocery stores+39%1.1 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Arts & recreation+57%2.2 /10k → 3.4 /10k

Declined4

Commute+5.1 min14.5 min → 19.6 min
Overdose deaths+106%25.6 /100k → 52.7 /100k
Pharmacies−37%1.8 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Suicides+40%26.9 /100k → 37.6 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Crescent City, CA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.2 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	+57%	Improved	97%
Average commute time	14.5 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	+5.1 min	Declined	0%
Average weekly wage	$8702020	$1,1102025	+28%	Improved	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	98%
Broadband subscriptions	79.7%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	25.5%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	96%
Distance to an airport	78 mi2020	78 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	25.6 /100k2020	52.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+106%	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	0.78%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	88%
Firearm deaths	21.1 /100k2020	21.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Little change	49%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+39%	Improved	96%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	+4.6%	Little change	52%
High school diploma or higher	80.1%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Home price to income ratio	4.8×2015-2019	5.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	73%
Homicide rate	8.5 /100k2020	6.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Improved	53%
Income adjusted for local prices	$35,7582019	$50,1252024	+40%	Improved	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4742015-2019	0.4322020-2024	−0.042	Improved	98%
Median household income	$45,2832015-2019	$67,0582020-2024	+48%	Improved	99%
New business applications	4.1 /1k2020	6.1 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	55%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−37%	Declined	5%
Poverty rate	19.5%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Improved	99%
Property crime rate	2,320 /100k2020	1,637 /100k2025	−29%	Improved	40%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+107%	Improved	100%
Rent as share of income	32.0%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Rent-burdened households	54.2%2015-2019	58.4%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Restaurants and bars	6.9 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	88%
Suicide rate	26.9 /100k2020	37.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+40%	Declined	10%
Traffic deaths	36.3 /100k2015-2019	19.2 /100k2020-2024	−47%	Improved	99%
Unemployment rate	10.1%2020	6.4%2025	−3.7 points	Improved	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.9%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Violent crime rate	725 /100k2020	503 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	76%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Crescent City, CA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crescent City, CA micropolitan area 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, Crescent City, CA micropolitan area itself moved +9.6 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

27,107 residents

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: 60–69 women (+2.2 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

27,107 residents

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

White60%16,229
Black2.5%682
Hispanic or Latino20%5,396

Education

19,816 residents (±202)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

No high school diploma14%2,799
High school or GED27%5,281
Some college28%5,542

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

9,522 households (±317)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%1,812
$25k–50k18%1,752
$50k–75k17%1,572
$75k–100k12%1,146
$100k–150k18%1,691
$150k–200k11%1,022
$200k or more5.5%†527

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−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 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

9,522 households (±317)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

Own70%6,673
Rent30%2,849

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.0 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

2,718 households (±317)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $75018%†492
$750–1,0006.0%†162
$1,000–1,50043%1,162

Home values

6,673 homes (±312)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $150k17%1,164
$150k–250k17%1,113
$250k–400k28%1,872

Age of homes

11,230 homes (±40)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

2010 or later6.7%753
2000–200912%1,298
1980–199934%3,808

Size of homes

11,230 homes (±40)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

Studio3.2%†357
1 bedroom9.3%1,040
2 bedrooms28%3,090

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

9,743 workers (±476)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone66%6,421
Carpool21%2,068
Public transit0.8%†76
Walk3.0%†296
Bike0.1%†7
Work from home7.4%†719
Other1.6%†156

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.4 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

9,024 workers (±513)

Crescent City, CA micropolitan area
United States share

Under 15 min61%5,500
15–29 min21%1,936
30–44 min10%934

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Crescent City, CA micropolitan area.

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.

Crescent City, CA has 431 employer establishments, 163 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248), with 4,461 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,069. The Census Bureau also counts 1,415 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 431; 1,415 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 163; US 248
Paid employees: 4,461
Average annual pay: $46,069; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Crescent City, CA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	37	14	0.67×Fewer than typical	384	$89,763	45
Restaurants and other eating places	34	12.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	492	$24,459	10
Lessors of real estate	28	10.6	0.86×About typical	74	$36,041	105
Specialty trade contractors	21	7.9	0.51×Fewer than typical	82	$46,829	61
Traveler accommodation	21	7.9	4.39×More than typical	231	$28,528	14
Construction of buildings	20	7.5	1.00×About typical	56	$47,071	45
Full-service restaurants	19	7.2	0.93×About typical	266	$29,316	3
Individual and family services	15	5.7	2.02×More than typical	375	$42,205	14
Offices of physicians	12	4.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	91	$144,769	6
Limited-service restaurants	10	3.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	176	$18,545	4
Real estate agents and brokers	10	3.8	0.77×Fewer than typical	23	$42,174	45
Religious organizations	10	3.8	0.68×Fewer than typical	44	$16,750	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 26,520 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.6M on contracts performed in Crescent City, CA micropolitan area: $210 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5.6M; −20% vs FY2025
Per resident: $210; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

National Park Service$4.2M76%
Environmental Protection Agency$1M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $284.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Crescent City, CA micropolitan area: $10,758 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $284.1M; −1.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,758; US $12,955
Loan face value: $3.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$101.7M36%
20.271 · Emergency Relief (ER) Program$26.1M9.2%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$25.5M9.0%
20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$16.6M5.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$15.8M5.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$14.6M5.1%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$12.1M4.3%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$11.1M3.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$75.6M27%
SACRAMENTO, CA
YUROK TRIBE$16.4M5.8%
KLAMATH, CA
YUROK INDIAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$8.5M3.0%
KLAMATH, CA
TOLOWA DEE-NI NATION$7.5M2.6%
SMITH RIVER, CA
BORDER COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$4.7M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$137M48%
Federal Highway Administration$76.8M27%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$18.1M6.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$15.5M5.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

188.8MFY2021
289.7MFY2022
318.2MFY2023
243.2MFY2024
289.5MFY2025
284.1MFY2026

County aggregates

55%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Crescent City, CA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Del Norte CountyCentral county3426,410

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Crescent CityPrincipal city6,046

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in California

Areas based in California, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved18

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Crescent City, CA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Crescent City, CA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in California

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved18

Declined4

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards