Klamath River, California.
Typical home $222,230 (-2.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$423 (+57%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $5,818 -3%
- $228,047$222,230 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $40,225 -15%
- $262,455$222,230 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.
- Klamath River$1,166
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Klamath River, CA fell 2.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Klamath River, Siskiyou County, California
The Census does not count Klamath River on its own, so the figures here are Siskiyou County's. Half the county's households earn more than $59,095 a year and half less; 16% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 69% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 31% are rented. 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 Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Klamath River is a small community in Siskiyou County, in the north of California near the Oregon border, and it takes its name from the river that runs past it. Across the county, the population is older than in most of the country, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are cold and bring some snow, summers are hot, and the area gets a fair amount of rain and snowmelt over the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in government, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across the county, the number of jobs fell over the past year, and unemployment is somewhat higher than it was a year earlier. Fewer adults hold a college degree than across the country, and household incomes and the share of people living in poverty both sit in the less comfortable range compared with national norms.
Things to do. The Pacific Crest Trail is a long-distance hiking route, and the Klamath National Forest is a protected area of rugged woods and mountains, both a longer drive away. The Shasta River, a river a longer drive away, and Mount Ashland Ski Area, a ski area also a longer drive away, offer water and winter sport options.
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- 19,079households
- 47.2median age
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
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, 19 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. 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
- DroughtRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Volcanic activityRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Siskiyou County, 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 Siskiyou County.
Klamath River home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Klamath River$222,230
- 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.
- Klamath River7
Zip codes with a Klamath River address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Klamath River — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.