Redway, California.
Typical home $275,550 (-16.7% in a year). Eureka-Arcata, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — $331 (-19%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $55,406 -17%
- $330,956$275,550 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $250,952 -48%
- $526,502$275,550 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.
- Redway$1,446
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Redway, CA fell 16.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Redway, Humboldt County, California
Redway, in Humboldt County, had 1,247 people in the 2020 census. 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.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Redway is a small community on the Eel River side of Humboldt County, where redwood country begins at the edge of town. Winters are cool and wet, summers are warm, and snow is rare. Rain and melted snow add up to a good deal over the year, so green hillsides and damp winter days are part of life here. Households are modest in size and the commute to work is short.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and professional and business services. Unemployment across Humboldt County is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has gained a few more jobs. Among the county's largest workplaces are California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt and St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka.
Things to do. John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve is in or beside town, a protected stand of old redwoods. Benbow Lake State Recreation Area and Richardson Grove State Park, both protected areas, are a short drive away. Humboldt Redwoods State Park, the best known of the nearby places, is a longer drive.
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- 0%of adults have a degree
- 13 mintypical commute
What people in Humboldt County work in
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
Coldest in December, with highs near 49° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 86° and lows near 54°. About 65 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Richardson Gr Sp weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Humboldt County
- California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtUniversity or college1,189
- St. Joseph Hospital - EurekaGeneral hospital818FTE
- College of the RedwoodsTwo-year college472
- Eureka City SchoolsSchool district461FTE
- CAL FireCal fire420
- MAD River Community HospitalGeneral hospital415FTE
- Humboldt Sawmill CoBoards, wood, made from logs or bolts313
- Danco BuildersMultifamily building construction general contractors301
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 93 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 10,058 people in all across the county; Redway has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Redway’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 and the Eureka-Arcata, CA metro.
Redway home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Redway$275,550
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Redway listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Redway13.87%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Redway21
Zip codes with a Redway address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Redway — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Redway
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95542 | Garberville | 2,463 | — | $314,647 |
| 95560 | Redway | 1,213 | — | $257,494 |