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A city of 6,190 people in California
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Map of Willows: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land2%37 of 1,815 acres
Trails2.9 mi1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves36 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Willows

City in California, United States
1886Established
6,293Population
2.9 sq miArea
138 ftElevation

Willows is a city in and the county seat of Glenn County, California, United States, located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California. The city is home to regional government offices, including the California Highway Patrol, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the main offices of the Mendocino National Forest, which comprises about one million acres (404,686 ha) of Federal land located mostly in mountainous terrain west of Willows. The population was 6,293 at the 2020 census.

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ZIP code95988
Area code530
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Housing in Willows

$321K▲ 4.2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Willows home is worth about $321,000, up 4.2% in a year, 58% below the California typical home.

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Health in Willows

C

Health Grade C

Healthier than 27% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.

Compared with California

17worse than CA

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 15 are too close to call.

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Care nearby

Glenn Medical CenterWillows · 0.6 mi · ER · rural critical access
Ampla Health Orland Medical & DentalOrland · 15.7 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careNo shortage
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
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School Grade C

The public schools Willows’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictWillows UnifiedSchools7

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

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