Grenada, California.
Typical home $250,024 (-5.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$627 (+92%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $13,185 -5%
- $263,209$250,024 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $6,237 +3%
- $243,787$250,024 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.
- Grenada$1,312
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Grenada, CA fell 5.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Grenada, Siskiyou County, California
Grenada, in Siskiyou County, had 314 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Siskiyou County was 7.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Siskiyou County work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Grenada is a very small community in Siskiyou County, in the far north of California, and few places in the state feel quieter. Homes here are valued below what is typical across much of California, and household incomes across the county sit below the state's usual level. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month, and summers turn properly hot in July. Snow falls through the winter but not heavily, and the year's precipitation is modest.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, government, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Siskiyou County, the largest workplaces include Fairchild Medical Center, a critical access hospital, along with CAL Fire and the California Department of Transportation. Joblessness across the county is slightly higher than a year ago, and the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. The country around Grenada is built for time outdoors, though every place worth a visit is a longer drive away. Lake Siskiyou is a reservoir for boating and shoreline walks, and Castle Lake is a mountain lake. Mount Shasta Ski Park is a ski area for winter days on the slopes, and the Shasta River is a good place to spend time beside moving water.
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What people in Siskiyou County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Siskiyou County had 13,862 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 45° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 55°. About 12 inches of snow and 19 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Yreka weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Siskiyou County
- Fairchild Medical CenterCritical access hospital341FTE
- CAL FireCal fire265
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters224
- Plant Sciences Genetics, MacdoelAgriculture production or harvesting crews210
- College of the SiskiyousTwo-year college208
- Pfeiffer VacuumFlanges and flange unions, pipe, metal, manufacturing201
- Mercy Medical Center Mt. ShastaCritical access hospital194FTE
- Yreka Union Elementary SchoolsSchool district142FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 39 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,934 people in all across the county; Grenada has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- WildfireVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Volcanic activityRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Grenada’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 Siskiyou County.
Grenada home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Grenada$250,024
- 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.
Zip codes with a Grenada address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Grenada — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.