McArthur, California.
Typical home $299,106 (+3.7% in a year). Susanville, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$692 (+79%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,651 +4%
- $288,455$299,106 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $6,157 -2%
- $305,263$299,106 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.
- McArthur$1,570
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in McArthur, CA rose 3.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in McArthur, Lassen County, California
McArthur, in Lassen County, had 334 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Lassen County was 6.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lassen County work in government, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. McArthur is a very small community in Lassen County, home to far fewer people than most towns. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month and lows that fall below freezing, and some snow arrives each year. Summers are hot, with July the warmest month. Typical home values in town are well below what many Californians would expect.
Work. Residents of McArthur work mostly in government, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in shops. Across Lassen County, some of the largest workplaces are the High Desert State Prison, CAL Fire and Lassen Community College. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than in many places, and the county has fewer jobs than it did a year earlier.
Things to do. Several rivers are a short drive away, including Fall River and Hat Creek, which suit anglers and anyone who likes to sit by the water. Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, a protected area, is also a short drive from town. A longer drive brings you to McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park, home to Burney Falls, one of the best known waterfalls in the region.
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What people in Lassen County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lassen County had 8,945 jobs in 2025, 2.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 47°. About 11 inches of snow and 19 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hat Creek weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lassen County
- CDCR, High Desert State PrisonCorrectional institutions1,305
- CAL FireCal fire389
- Lassen Community CollegeTwo-year college207
- WalmartDiscount department stores162
- Banner Lassen Medical CenterCritical access hospital152FTE
- Sierra Cascade NurseryStrawberry farming149
- Bureau of Prisons/federal Prison SystemFederal government · Department of Justice125
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture125
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 24 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,771 people in all across the county; McArthur has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Volcanic activityRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in McArthur’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Lassen County and the Susanville, CA metro.
McArthur home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- McArthur$299,106
- 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.
- McArthur13
Zip codes with a McArthur address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls McArthur — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.