Cedarville, California.
Typical home $232,500 (+2.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$660 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,669 +2%
- $227,831$232,500 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $47,962 +26%
- $184,539$232,500 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Cedarville$1,220
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Cedarville, CA rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cedarville, Modoc County, California
Cedarville, in Modoc County, had 437 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $52,105 a year and half less, against $59,455 across Modoc County. Unemployment in Modoc County was 6.1% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Modoc County work in schools and health care, then government.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Cedarville is a very small community in Modoc County, in the far northeastern corner of California. Incomes here run below the county's, and homes are modestly priced. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical, and winters are cold and snowy while summers turn hot.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with government, professional and business services, and farming, forestry and mining also employing many. Across Modoc County, some of the largest workplaces are Modoc Medical Center, the Modoc Joint Unified school district and the Forest Service. Unemployment in the county has held steady over the past year, though the number of jobs has slipped a little.
Things to do. Middle Alkali Lake and the Alkali Lakes are both a short drive away, and are good places for time by the water. Farther afield, Goose Lake is a lake a longer drive away, and Modoc National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area where birdwatchers and walkers can spend an afternoon. The Modoc County Historical Museum, also a longer drive away, covers the history of the region.
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- 14%of adults have a degree
What people in Modoc County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Modoc County had 2,696 jobs in 2025, 2.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 42° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 56°. About 22 inches of snow and 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cedarville weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Modoc County
- Modoc Medical CenterCritical access hospital126FTE
- Modoc Joint UnifiedSchool district105FTE
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture70
- Tulelake Basin Joint UnifiedSchool district52FTE
- North State Grocery Group445110 supermarkets and other grocery retailers44
- Surprise Valley Health Care DistrictCritical access hospital44FTE
- Alturas Indian RancheriaCasinos27
- Southern Cascades Community Services DistrictGeneral services departments, government26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 97 people in all across the county; Cedarville has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- DroughtRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cedarville’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Modoc County.
Cedarville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cedarville$232,500
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Cedarville12
Zip codes with a Cedarville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cedarville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.