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Myrtletown, 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 Myrtletown, Humboldt County, California

Myrtletown, in Humboldt County, had 4,882 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $60,457 a year and half less, against $61,160 across Humboldt County; 17% 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 people in Humboldt County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,882 in the 2020 census
Household income $60,457 the median, give or take $4,285 · Humboldt County: $61,160
Unemployment 5.6% Humboldt County, August 2026; 5.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Myrtletown for the Census survey to measure.
  • 2,256households
  • 42%of adults have a degree
  • 17%below the poverty line
  • 13 mintypical commute
  • 16%work from home

What people in Humboldt County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Government8%
  • Building trades8%

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, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Myrtletown

  1. Granada Rehabilitation & Wellness CenterSkilled nursing facilities162
  2. SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores126
  3. Hospice of Humboldt621610 home health care services105
  4. Humboldt County CA Home Health PAHHome health care agencies24

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 417 people in all. 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. Coastal floodingVery high
  2. EarthquakesVery high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. TsunamisRelatively moderate

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