Housing density: 685 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $259,314.
Median contract rent in 2022: $933 (lower quartile is $729, upper quartile is $1,205)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,430
Median gross rent in Redding, CA in 2022: $1,172
Housing units in Redding with a mortgage: 13,298 (743 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 585 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 306
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $105,867
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $63,963
13,012 married couples with children.
7,278 single-parent households (1,750 men, 5,528 women).
90.6% of residents of Redding speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 5,139 (5.5%)
(49.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.1% Number of people working at home: 3,189 (7.9% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,743
5 to 9 minutes: 8,958
10 to 14 minutes: 8,405
15 to 19 minutes: 8,201
20 to 24 minutes: 4,580
25 to 29 minutes: 712
30 to 34 minutes: 788
35 to 39 minutes: 88
40 to 44 minutes: 608
45 to 59 minutes: 1,000
60 to 89 minutes: 953
90 or more minutes: 541
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 43,532 (79.5%)
Carpooled: 5,767 (10.5%)
Bus: 353 (0.6%)
Subway or elevated rail: 44 (0.1%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 17 (0.0%)
Ferryboat: 30 (0.1%)
Taxi: 522 (1.0%)
Bicycle: 454 (0.8%)
Walked: 734 (1.3%)
Worked at home: 3,189 (5.8%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.2%Males
3.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
5.7%Males
7.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
2.3%Males
6.5%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.8%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
7.9%Males
11.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
13.9%Males
6.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Redding, California
2,1492010 or later
8612000 to 2009
9591990 to 1999
1,3941980 to 1989
3161970 to 1979
1,170Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 4,316 (11.3%)
English: 3,345 (8.7%)
German: 3,338 (8.7%)
European: 2,765 (7.2%)
Irish: 2,597 (6.8%)
Italian: 2,329 (6.1%)
Norwegian: 741 (1.9%)
Scottish: 491 (1.3%)
Swedish: 464 (1.2%)
Dutch: 413 (1.1%)
Polish: 377 (1.0%)
French: 347 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 318 (0.8%)
Northern European: 233 (0.6%)
Eastern European: 228 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 203 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 178 (0.5%)
British: 177 (0.5%)
Syrian: 167 (0.4%)
Greek: 154 (0.4%)
Scandinavian: 148 (0.4%)
South African: 145 (0.4%)
Czech: 138 (0.4%)
Canadian: 130 (0.3%)
Welsh: 116 (0.3%)
Danish: 98 (0.3%)
Russian: 94 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 83 (0.2%)
Basque: 71 (0.2%)
Austrian: 56 (0.1%)
Finnish: 45 (0.1%)
Moroccan: 39 (0.1%)
Icelander: 38 (0.10%)
Lebanese: 35 (0.09%)
Brazilian: 33 (0.09%)
Swiss: 28 (0.07%)
Croatian: 26 (0.07%)
Belgian: 25 (0.07%)
Slovak: 22 (0.06%)
Jamaican: 20 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.05%)
Maltese: 16 (0.04%)
Albanian: 16 (0.04%)
Latvian: 15 (0.04%)
Iranian: 15 (0.04%)
Ethiopian: 13 (0.03%)
Turkish: 13 (0.03%)
Haitian: 12 (0.03%)
Carpatho Rusyn: 10 (0.03%)
Czechoslovakian: 9 (0.02%)
Serbian: 9 (0.02%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.02%)
Liberian: 7 (0.02%)
Yugoslavian: 6 (0.02%)
Romanian: 5 (0.01%)
Australian: 3 (0.01%)
Palestinian: 3 (0.01%)
African: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Redding:
18.7% (1,036)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Philippines
Redding:
8.1% (447)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Germany
Redding:
8.0% (445)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Canada
Redding:
6.6% (366)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
India
Redding:
6.3% (349)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Thailand
Redding:
3.4% (189)
California:
0.6% (65,335)
South Africa
Redding:
3.1% (170)
California:
0.2% (20,614)
Korea
Redding:
3.0% (165)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Vietnam
Redding:
2.8% (154)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Syria
Redding:
2.5% (138)
California:
0.3% (30,949)
Laos
Redding:
2.4% (133)
California:
0.5% (48,911)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Redding:
2.3% (129)
California:
0.1% (9,241)
England
Redding:
2.2% (124)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Taiwan
Redding:
2.2% (124)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Ukraine
Redding:
2.1% (116)
California:
0.6% (60,761)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Redding:
2.0% (108)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Brazil
Redding:
1.6% (88)
California:
0.5% (53,222)
Japan
Redding:
1.5% (85)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 61,682
Other state: 24,061
Northeast: 3,245
Midwest: 6,136
South: 6,162
West: 8,518
85.1% of Redding residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 43.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 71.4% lived in California.
Redding:
85.1%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 513
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 62
7th and 8th grade: 51
9th grade: 157
10th grade: 111
11th grade: 187
12th grade, no diploma: 761
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,933
Less than 1 year of college: 2,296
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,644
Associate degree: 2,883
Bachelor's degree: 4,849
Master's degree: 2,093
Professional school degree: 1,454
Doctorate degree: 224
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 224
Nursery to 4th grade: 138
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 61
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 253
12th grade, no diploma: 477
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,385
Less than 1 year of college: 2,762
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,070
Associate degree: 5,462
Bachelor's degree: 6,660
Master's degree: 2,329
Professional school degree: 264
Doctorate degree: 276
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 25,229
One, attached: 1,289
Two: 2,511
3 or 4: 3,389
5 to 9: 1,928
10 to 19: 386
20 to 49: 1,019
50 or more: 1,671
Mobile homes: 2,441
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 185
Median worth of mobile homes: $73,300
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.8%