Tehama, California.
Typical home $283,687 (+6.5% in a year). Red Bluff, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$772 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,226 +6%
- $266,460$283,687 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $36,611 +15%
- $247,076$283,687 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.
- Tehama$1,489
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 25 years.
Typical home values in Tehama, CA rose 6.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Tehama, Tehama County, California
Tehama is a city of 435 people in Tehama County. Half its households earn more than $70,893 a year and half less, against $63,784 across Tehama County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Tehama County was 6.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Tehama 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Tehama is a very small city in the Sacramento Valley, with Mill Creek running in or beside town. Household incomes here run above the county's, and few residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cool, with the coldest weather in December, while summers are hot, and July is the warmest month. Rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many also employed in shops, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in government. Across Tehama County, some of the largest workplaces are Walmart, the County of Tehama and Sierra Pacific Windows. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than is typical, and the commute to work is a fairly short one.
Things to do. Mill Creek, a river in or beside town, is the closest water to explore, and Dye Creek and Deer Creek are both a short drive away. Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area, also a short drive away, is a protected area along the river. For a longer outing, Black Butte Lake is a reservoir a longer drive away.
Report a mistake
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
What people in Tehama County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tehama County had 19,664 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 56° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 98° and lows near 66°. About 23 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Red Bluff Municipal Airport weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Tehama County
- WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage862
- County of TehamaBoards of supervisors, county and local713
- Sierra Pacific WindowsFrames, door and window, wood, manufacturing616
- Rolling Hills Casino721120 casino hotels611
- CAL FireCal fire462
- St Elizabeth Community HosptialGeneral hospital415FTE
- Sierra Pacific IndustriesMoldings, clear and finger joint wood, manufacturing361
- Sierra Pacific IndMoldings, wood and covered wood, manufacturing326
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 45 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,523 people in all across the county; Tehama has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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 moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tehama’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 Tehama County and the Red Bluff, CA metro.
Tehama home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Tehama$283,687
- 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.
- Tehama5
Zip codes with a Tehama address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Tehama — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.