Magalia, California.
Typical home $264,771 (-2.0% in a year). Chico, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$406 (+41%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $5,476 -2%
- $270,247$264,771 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $31,692 -11%
- $296,463$264,771 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.
- Magalia$1,390
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Magalia, CA fell 2.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Magalia, Butte County, California
Magalia, in Butte County, had 7,795 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $56,920 a year and half less, against $67,928 across Butte County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Butte County was 6.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Magalia is a small community in the foothills of Butte County, home to people who are older than in most places and who mostly own the homes they live in. Incomes here run below the county's, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many towns. Winters are cool and wet with little or no snow, and summers turn hot.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with professional and business services, the building trades and shops also employing many. Commutes are long, and a good number of people work from home. Across Butte County, the largest workplaces include Enloe Medical Center, California State University-Chico and Oroville Hospital, and the local job market has been slightly softer than a year earlier.
Things to do. Close to home, Big Kimshew Creek and the West Branch Feather River are both a short drive away for time beside running water. A short drive also brings you to Bidwell Park, one of the larger city parks in the region. For a longer outing, Lake Oroville is a reservoir a longer drive away, and Feather Falls is a waterfall that rewards the extra distance.
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- 2,999households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 37 mintypical commute
- 17%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Butte County had 78,544 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 51° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 58°. About 66 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the De Sabla weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Butte County
- Enloe Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,095FTE
- California State University-ChicoUniversity or college1,858
- Chico UnifiedSchool district1,354FTE
- Oroville HospitalGeneral hospital1,327FTE
- Butte CollegeTwo-year college1,054
- CAL FireCal fire507
- Sierra Nevada Brewing CompanyBreweries459
- Lundberg Family FarmsRice farming, field and seed production384
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 131 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 18,366 people in all across the county; Magalia 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
- WildfireRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively 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 Magalia’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Butte County and the Chico, CA metro.
Magalia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Magalia$264,771
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Magalia listings — the market is heating up.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Magalia18.83%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Magalia62
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Magalia13
Zip codes with a Magalia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Magalia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Magalia
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95954 | Magalia | 8,165 | — | $265,424 |
| 95978 | Stirling City | 142 | — | $151,571 |