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Santa Nella, California.

A community in Merced County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Merced County’s.

Living in Santa Nella, Merced County, California

Santa Nella, in Merced County, had 2,211 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $99,154 a year and half less, against $65,510 across Merced County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Merced County was 8.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Merced County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,211 in the 2020 census
Household income $99,154 the median, give or take $15,922 · Merced County: $65,510
Unemployment 8.9% Merced County, August 2026; 9.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Santa Nella for the Census survey to measure.
  • 3%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 56 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Merced County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Farming, forestry and mining10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Merced County had 85,663 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 January, 56° and 38°; warmest in July, 93° and 65° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 38° F M A M J J 93° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 38°; warmest in July, 93° and 65° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 38° F M A M J J 93° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 65°. About 10 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the San Luis Dam weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Santa Nella

  1. Butler AmusementsCarnival traveling shows400
  2. Hotel Mission de OroHotels99
  3. National Cemetery AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 499 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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. DroughtVery high
  2. EarthquakesVery high
  3. Heat wavesVery high
  4. WildfireRelatively high
  5. Inland floodingRelatively high
  6. HailRelatively moderate

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