City in California, United States

California City

$271kMedian Home
354Sunny Days/yr
78°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation13kElevation2,405 ft
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Hot season is intense, with mostly dry year-round. The hottest stretch is likely to shape daily routines. The air stays fairly dry through the year. Air quality can be a watchout.

California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is 100 miles (160 km) north of the city of Los Angeles, and the population was 14,973 at the 2020 census. Covering 203.63 square miles (527.4 km2), California City has the third-largest land area of any city in the state of California, and is the largest city in California, by land area, that is not a county seat. It is the 43rd-largest city in the United States by land area.Wikipedia

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Where It Is

Location Context
California City, California
Latitude35.13°
Longitude-117.99°
Population13k
Altitude2,405 ft

State Context

CaliforniaU.S. state

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest state by population, third-largest state by area and the largest state economy in the U.S., with a GDP of approximately $4.3 trillion.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.00% - 14.40%Avg sales tax: 8.85%Property tax: 0.69%Official school data available

About the Region

California

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Nature Access

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City Profile

Median Age34 yrs
College Educated10%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home11%of workforce
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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median rent
$271k
Median home price
Rent burden39% of income
Household Income
$55k
Median annual
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Livability

Walk Score
50
School Rating
3.4/10
Internet
Fiber
19%
Cable
93%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
354
sunny days per year
97% of the year
Avg High Temp
78°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Dry air
24% warm season / 50% cool season
Comfort Score
66/100
Good
Temp Swing
45°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
6"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
44
Good AQI
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

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dry air much of the year
Summer 24% · Winter 50% · Jul-Jan 20-56%
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