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Conserved land2.3%9 of 383 acres
Trails0.6 mi1 mi per sq mi
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About Fort Jones

City in California, United States
1872Established
695Population
0.6 sq miArea
2,759 ftElevation

Fort Jones is a town in the Scott Valley area of Siskiyou County, California, United States. Like many of the communities that surround Mount Shasta, it lies in the southern tip of the Cascadia bioregion. Its population is 695 as of the 2020 census, down from 839 from the 2010 census.

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ZIP code96032
Area code530
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Housing in Fort Jones

$286K▲ 0.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Fort Jones home is worth about $286,000, up 0.7% in a year, 63% below the California typical home.

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Fort Jones has fewer than 1,000 residents. At that size one or two incidents swing the numbers so much that a grade wouldn't be fair, so we show the counts instead.

Violent0
Property0
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3better than CA·10worse

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Fairchild Medical CenterYreka · 12.6 mi · ER · rural critical access
Karuk Tribal Health Yreka ClinicYreka · 12.7 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careNo shortage
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
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School Grade B

The public schools Fort Jones’s kids attend outperform 57% of California’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

DistrictScott Valley UnifiedSchools3

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.

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