What is the population of Red Bluff city?

Red Bluff city has 14,592 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #409 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Red Bluff city?

Median household income in Red Bluff city is $50,216 a year, 36.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Red Bluff city?

Median gross rent is $1,068 a month and the median home value is $271,100, so rent absorbs about 25.5% of median household income.

Is Red Bluff city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Red Bluff city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Red Bluff, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Red Bluff, California (Red Bluff, CA — Census place “Red Bluff city”) is 14,592 residents, ranking #409 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $50,216, the median home is worth $271,100 and median gross rent runs $1,068 a month. Looking for the Red Bluff California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Red Bluff, CA: 96080.

Population: 14,592Red Bluff city residents
Median household income: $50,216Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $271,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,068Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 45.1%Owner-occupied households

Red Bluff ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Red Bluff.

The Red Bluff CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

96080

What the numbers mean in Red Bluff city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Red Bluff city median would spend about 25.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.6% of residents and 45.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Red Bluff city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Red Bluff city is a mid-size town in California, with 14,592 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #409 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 35.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Red Bluff city earn a median of $50,216 a year, 36.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 45% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Red Bluff city is valued at $271,100, 10.6% below the national figure and 54% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,068 a month, 24% below the national figure, or roughly $12,816 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 45.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Red Bluff city?: Red Bluff city has 14,592 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #409 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Red Bluff city?: Median household income in Red Bluff city is $50,216 a year, 36.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Red Bluff city?: Median gross rent is $1,068 a month and the median home value is $271,100, so rent absorbs about 25.5% of median household income.
Is Red Bluff city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Red Bluff city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Red Bluff city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.