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Humboldt Hill, California.

A community in Humboldt County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Humboldt County’s.

Living in Humboldt Hill, Humboldt County, California

Humboldt Hill, in Humboldt County, had 3,498 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $71,667 a year and half less, against $61,160 across Humboldt County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Humboldt County was 5.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,498 in the 2020 census
Household income $71,667 the median, give or take $15,612 · Humboldt County: $61,160
Unemployment 5.6% Humboldt County, August 2026; 5.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Humboldt Hill for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,194households
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 17 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care34%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Building trades8%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Manufacturing7%
  • Government6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Humboldt County had 52,251 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 55° and 40°; warmest in August, 64° and 53° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° J F M A M J J A 64° 53° S O N D 55° 40°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 55° and 40°; warmest in August, 64° and 53° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° J F M A M J J A 64° 53° S O N D 55° 40°

Coldest in December, with highs near 55° and lows near 40°; warmest in August, with highs near 64° and lows near 53°. About 40 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Eureka Weather Office Woodley Island weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Humboldt Hill

  1. College of the RedwoodsTwo-year college472
  2. South Bay Union Elementary SchoolsSchool district66FTE
  3. E G Ayers DistributingGeneral-line groceries merchant wholesalers48
  4. AT&TWired telecommunications carriers27

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 713 people in all. Colleges come 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

  1. EarthquakesVery high
  2. TsunamisRelatively high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Humboldt Hill’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 Humboldt County.