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Mendocino County, California

Mendocino County, California has a quality-of-life score of 40 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,873 of 3,143 US counties. Within California it ranks #34 of 58 counties. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), public EV charging ports (high) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on home price to income ratio (high), natural hazard risk (high) and severe housing problems (high).

40Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,873 of 3,143 counties
California: #34 of 58 in CA
Population: 88,122 (2025)
Land area: 3,507 mi²
Density: 25.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 06045

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

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety41#1,828/3,096
Economy35#2,048/3,143
Housing0#3,128/3,140
Health60#1,246/3,144
Healthcare74#818/3,143
Environment49#1,601/3,108
Education15#2,687/3,144
Infrastructure59#1,277/3,144
Community24#2,404/3,144
Leisure & amenities95#147/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mendocino County, California ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high38.6%
99/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Public EV charging ports · high26.9 /10k
98/100California 17.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Mental health providers · high668 /100k
96/100California 487 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult obesity · low29.5%
95/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · low15.7 /100k
94/100California 6.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Suicide rate · low24.7 /100k
94/100California 9.9 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high7.5×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Natural hazard risk · high98.0
2/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Severe housing problems · high22.5%
2/100California 25.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Cost of buying a home today · high52.9%
2/100California 54.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Rent-burdened households · high54.9%
5/100California 55.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Math scores · low2.45
5/100California 2.79United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 1% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−99 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedWorsening
2.0 /1k (2021) → 0.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−83%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
1,445 /100k (2019) → 700 /100k (2025)
−52%6 yearsUS 2,082 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Voter turnoutWorsening
71.0% (2020) → 60.9% (2024)
−10 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
76.7 /100k (2021) → 39.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.1% (2015-2019) → 89.6% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Mendocino County, California improved on 9 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Homicides−67%10.9 /100k → 3.6 /100k
Traffic deaths−25%28.9 /100k → 21.7 /100k
Uninsured−2.3 points10.6% → 8.3%
Unemployment−3.5 points9.4% → 5.9%
Real income+36%$46,021 → $62,415

Declined1

Violent crime+22%433 /100k → 528 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Mendocino County, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.1 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	35%
Average commute time	20.8 min2015-2019	21.5 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	40%
Average weekly wage	$8982020	$1,0662025	+19%	Improved	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%2015-2019	25.2%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	81.1%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Improved	37%
Child poverty rate	20.4%2019	16.9%2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Distance to an airport	106 mi2020	106 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	42.7 /100k2020	39.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−8%	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	0.65%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Firearm deaths	15.3 /100k2020	15.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	44%
Grocery stores	4.8 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	+3.7%	Within the margin of error	68%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−9.3%	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	86.5%2015-2019	87.3%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Home price to income ratio	7.3×2015-2019	7.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	74%
Homicide rate	10.9 /100k2020	3.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−67%	Improved	82%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,0212019	$62,4152024	+36%	Improved	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.4812020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$52,3092019	$67,3032024	+29%	Improved	69%
New business applications	7.6 /1k2020	8.7 /1k2025	+15%	Improved	18%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	14.0%2019	13.4%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent as share of income	33.5%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Rent-burdened households	55.9%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Restaurants and bars	14.1 /10k2020	13.4 /10k2025	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	35%
Suicide rate	31.7 /100k2020	24.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−22%	Within the margin of error	87%
Traffic deaths	28.9 /100k2015-2019	21.7 /100k2020-2024	−25%	Improved	83%
Unemployment rate	9.4%2020	5.9%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.6%2019	8.3%2024	−2.3 points	Improved	73%
Violent crime rate	433 /100k2020	528 /100k2025	+22%	Declined	18%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Mendocino County, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mendocino County, 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, Mendocino County, California itself moved +0.1 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

90,244 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: 70–79 women (+1.7 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

90,244 residents

Mendocino County, California
California share

White61%55,170
Black0.6%†546
Hispanic or Latino28%24,941

Education

65,093 residents (±143)

Mendocino County, California
California share

No high school diploma13%8,251
High school or GED27%17,877
Some college25%16,314

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

34,842 households (±626)

Mendocino County, California
California share

Under $25k19%6,620
$25k–50k18%6,338
$50k–75k17%5,909
$75k–100k12%4,096
$100k–150k17%5,820
$150k–200k9.0%3,140
$200k or more8.4%2,919

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.4 points).

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

34,842 households (±626)

Mendocino County, California
California share

Own62%21,500
Rent38%13,342

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

12,189 households (±726)

Mendocino County, California
California share

Under $75020%2,447
$750–1,0009.9%1,202
$1,000–1,50033%3,991

Home values

21,500 homes (±739)

Mendocino County, California
California share

Under $150k9.8%2,097
$150k–250k4.6%989
$250k–400k18%3,856

Age of homes

41,675 homes (±71)

Mendocino County, California
California share

2010 or later5.7%2,356
2000–20098.6%3,587
1980–199929%12,080

Size of homes

41,675 homes (±71)

Mendocino County, California
California share

Studio5.0%2,071
1 bedroom15%6,060
2 bedrooms34%14,127

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

36,548 workers (±1,177)

Mendocino County, California
California share

Drive alone71%25,930
Carpool10.0%3,644
Public transit0.2%†62
Walk5.9%2,147
Bike0.3%†96
Work from home12%4,442
Other0.6%†227

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+3.0 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

32,106 workers (±1,173)

Mendocino County, California
California share

Under 15 min49%15,886
15–29 min24%7,799
30–44 min14%4,493

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 pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Ukiah, CA

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.

Mendocino County has 2,432 employer establishments, 272 for every 10,000 residents (1.10× the US rate of 248; 1.04× California's), with 23,356 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,521. The Census Bureau also counts 7,563 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,432; 7,563 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 272; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 23,356
Average annual pay: $52,521; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	204	22.8	1.24×About typical	2,519	$27,475	34
Specialty trade contractors	144	16.1	1.04×About typical	712	$68,645	504
Ambulatory health care services	135	15.1	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,420	$63,460	357
Lessors of real estate	123	13.8	1.12×About typical	414	$43,215	582
Construction of buildings	115	12.9	1.70×More than typical	361	$55,895	370
Full-service restaurants	106	11.9	1.54×More than typical	1,277	$28,578	20
Traveler accommodation	81	9.1	5.02×More than typical	1,009	$32,438	82
Limited-service restaurants	68	7.6	0.95×About typical	954	$24,671	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	66	7.4	1.47×More than typical	310	$48,058	81
Services to buildings and dwellings	58	6.5	0.96×About typical	341	$66,924	666
Grocery and convenience stores	54	6	2.04×More than typical	1,363	$37,608	7
Building equipment contractors	51	5.7	0.95×About typical	264	$64,523	97

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 89,341 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6.5M on contracts performed in Mendocino County, California: $73.78 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $6.5M; +46% vs FY2025
Per resident: $73.78; US $2,007
Sole-source: 6.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Federal Highway Administration$5.6M86%
Department of the Army$512.8K7.9%
U.S. Coast Guard$123.7K1.9%
Bureau of Land Management$115K1.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$106.5K1.6%
Indian Health Service$28.7K0.4%
Forest Service$10.2K0.2%
Defense Logistics Agency$2,0680.0%

Top recipients

SEB ENGINEERING INC.$5.6M86%
EVANS WEST, INC.$353.3K5.4%
AMA DIVERSIFIED CONSTRUCTION GROUP$251.6K3.9%
DR REED & ASSOCIATES, INC$170.9K2.6%
DALLAS WOLL INC$107.8K1.7%

Spending by fiscal year

2.8MFY2017
7.3MFY2018
20.9MFY2019
4.6MFY2020
2.5MFY2021
2.1MFY2022
4.5MFY2023
4.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$5.6M86%
Facilities support services · 5612$464.8K7.1%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$251K3.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$199K3.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$177.6K2.7%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629

Largest awards

CA BLM 34003(1) MENDO LAKE ROAD - CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT$5.6M
SEB ENGINEERING INC.· Mendocino County, CA· Construction & real property· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· 6982AF26F00046N
EO14042 CVD - OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER/WASTEWATER TREATMENT$1.4M
AMA DIVERSIFIED CONSTRUCTION GROUP· Mendocino County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Nov 5, 2021 – Nov 6, 2025· W912P722C0002
REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS SERVICES AT LAKE MENDOCINO$769.1K
REDWOOD WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC.· Mendocino County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jun 8, 2021 – May 14, 2026· W912P721C0009
REPLACE DEISEL FUEL TANK, STATION NOYO RIVER, FT BRAGG, CA.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Explore contracts in Mendocino County, California

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 $674.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Mendocino County, California: $7,652 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $674.3M; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,652; US $12,975
Loan face value: $19.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$398.8M59%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$52.8M7.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$40.1M5.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$37.6M5.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$31.8M4.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$20.6M3.1%
93.224 · Health Center Program$13.1M1.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$11.9M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$62M9.2%
SACRAMENTO, CA
COUNTY OF MENDOCINO SOCIAL SERVICES$14.6M2.2%
UKIAH, CA
MENDOCINO-LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT$8M1.2%
UKIAH, CA
PINOLEVILLE POMO NATION$6.1M0.9%
UKIAH, CA
MENDOCINO COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC

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$488.8M72%
Federal Highway Administration$62.2M9.2%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$45.6M6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$19.6M2.9%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Health Resources and Services Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

625.5MFY2021
702.1MFY2022
677.1MFY2023
673.5MFY2024
822.8MFY2025
674.3MFY2026

County aggregates

80%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Mendocino County, California

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Mendocino County, California compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Mendocino County, California
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mendocino County, California	United States
FY2017	$31.80	$1,436
FY2018	$83.77	$1,552
FY2019	$241	$1,654
FY2020	$49.91	$1,880
FY2021	$27.16	$1,810
FY2022	$23.42	$1,917
FY2023	$50.18	$2,079
FY2024	$55.56	$2,047
FY2025	$50.42	$2,165
FY2026	$73.78 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mendocino County, California	United States
FY2017	$1.41	$93.28
FY2018	$2.85	$105
FY2019	$9.18	$128
FY2020	$23.72	$145
FY2021	$14.55	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mendocino County, California	United States
FY2021	$993	$5,748
FY2022	$1,943	$5,221
FY2023	$1,529	$5,364
FY2024	$1,403	$5,501
FY2025	$2,501	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mendocino County, California	United States
FY2021	$131	$298
FY2022	$1,020	$357
FY2023	$756	$301
FY2024	$722	$319
FY2025	$1,872	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mendocino County, California	United States
FY2021	$359	$239
FY2022	$435	$185
FY2023	$379	$229
FY2024	$400	$229
FY2025	$452	$249
FY2026	$320

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mendocino County, California	United States
FY2021	$447	$2,304
FY2022	$265	$2,197
FY2023	$259	$2,274
FY2024	$247	$2,267
FY2025	$204	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mendocino County, California	United States
FY2021	$886	$1,186
FY2022	$564	$465
FY2023	$85.74	$76.52
FY2024	$8.45	$120
FY2025	$38.90	$148
FY2026	$151

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Mendocino County, California
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Mendocino County, California and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	1.6%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$1,020 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $131 (7.8× that).

Compared with 6 similar counties

Mendocino County, California
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2021points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/06045

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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.

Mendocino County, California is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jared HuffmanD-CA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Mendocino County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Ukiah, CA38Central county

Cities and towns in Mendocino County

Places whose residents live mostly in Mendocino County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/06045

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	−7.5%	−4.2%
2015	−3.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.8%	+6.8%
2019	+10.8%	+10.5%
2020	+24.5%	+19.4%
2021	+29.7%	+26.1%
2022	+32.7%	+30.6%
2023	+38.4%	+35.0%
2024	+43.8%	+41.0%
2025	+47.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	−5.7%	−5.5%
2015	−1.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+10.7%	+13.5%
2020	+23.2%	+20.8%
2021	+33.0%	+32.1%
2022	+30.7%	+35.4%
2023	+36.3%	+42.9%
2024	+47.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	1.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	−5.3%	−6.9%
2015	−4.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+11.5%	+4.7%
2018	+13.6%	+7.5%
2019	+15.6%	+14.0%
2020	+17.5%	+16.9%
2021	+27.1%	+21.0%
2022	+40.6%	+29.7%
2023	+45.6%	+34.9%
2024	+48.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	−12.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+11.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+22.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+32.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+34.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+23.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+21.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+16.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	7.1%	6.2%
2015	5.8%	5.3%
2016	5.6%	4.9%
2017	4.8%	4.4%
2018	4.2%	3.9%
2019	4.3%	3.7%
2020	9.4%	8.1%
2021	6.7%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.9%	3.6%
2024	5.6%	4.0%
2025	5.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	18.8%	15.5%
2015	20.3%	14.7%
2016	19.0%	14.0%
2017	16.3%	13.4%
2018	17.5%	13.1%
2019	14.0%	12.3%
2020	14.3%	11.9%
2021	16.1%	12.8%
2022	17.6%	12.6%
2023	13.9%	12.5%
2024	13.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	—	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	—	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	15.8%	13.5%
2015	12.0%	10.9%
2016	9.9%	10.0%
2017	10.7%	10.2%
2018	10.0%	10.4%
2019	10.6%	10.8%
2020	11.2%	10.4%
2021	9.7%	10.2%
2022	10.3%	9.5%
2023	8.4%	9.5%
2024	8.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Mendocino County, California	United States
2014	5.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Mendocino County, California	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−3.8 points	−2.9 points	−4.2 points to −1.8 points
Year −2	−11.2 points	−8.2 points	−12.6 points to −5.4 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.6 points	−0.5 points	−2.2 points to +1.4 points
Year +1	−2.3 points	−2.9 points	−4.6 points to −1.9 points
Year +2	−3.3 points	−2.2 points	−3.6 points to 0.0 points

Year	Mendocino County, California	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−1.1 per 1,000 people to −0.1 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−1.4 per 1,000 people to +0.1 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−2.0 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people	−1.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−1.9 per 1,000 people	−1.0 per 1,000 people	−2.2 per 1,000 people to −0.2 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−1.9 per 1,000 people	−1.3 per 1,000 people	−1.8 per 1,000 people to −0.6 per 1,000 people

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined1

Counties like Mendocino County, California 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

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Age of homes

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Getting to work

How people get to work

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Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 6 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Mendocino County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined1

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

House

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Top recipients

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Top industries (NAICS)

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What was bought

Money per resident

How outcomes moved