Colusa, California.
Typical home $365,135 (+0.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$901 (+89%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $106 +0%
- $365,029$365,135 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $26,672 +8%
- $338,463$365,135 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.
- Colusa$1,917
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 46 years.
Typical home values in Colusa, CA rose 0.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Colusa, Colusa County, California
Colusa is a city of 6,411 people in Colusa County. Half its households earn more than $71,250 a year and half less, against $75,672 across Colusa County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Colusa County was 9.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Colusa is a small city in the Sacramento Valley, and its residents are younger than in many American towns. Incomes run a little below the county's, and more people here live below the poverty line than is typical. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and cool, with almost no snow, while summers turn hot, and the year brings a modest amount of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, farming and the restaurant and hotel trades also employing a good share. Among the town's largest workplaces are Colusa Unified, Colusa Medical Center and the California Department of Transportation's local facility. Unemployment across Colusa County has stayed high and has barely changed from a year ago, though the county has added a few more jobs. The typical commute is short, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. The land around Colusa is known for its wetlands and wildlife. Colusa National Wildlife Refuge and Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area are both protected areas a short drive away, and Delevan National Wildlife Refuge is another short drive. The Sacramento Valley Museum, also a short drive away, is a good stop for local history.
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- 2,477households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Colusa County had 9,472 jobs in 2025, 1.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 54° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 60°. About 17 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Colusa Ssw weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Colusa
- Colusa UnifiedSchool district150FTE
- Colusa Medical CenterGeneral hospital106FTE
- Colusa County Office of Education SchoolsSchool district72FTE
- North State Grocery Group445110 supermarkets and other grocery retailers65
- City of ColusaCity and town councils50
- American Medical Response23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 138 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- DroughtVery high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of ColusaRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Colusa’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Colusa County.
Colusa home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Colusa$365,135
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
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.
- Colusa14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Colusa6
Zip codes with a Colusa address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Colusa — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.