Places/CA/Tehama County, CA
County profile

Tehama County, CA

United States · GDP 2024
#1012 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,620
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
999
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
64,665
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$63.8k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.3%±1.8%
Poverty rate
15.6%±1.7%
Business applications
554 · 2025
Retail establishments
153
23.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation18%
Transportation17%
Manufacturing16%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
64,665
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration931
International migration+277
Natural change437

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.1B
2019
$2.2B
2020
$2.4B
2021
$2.5B
2022
$2.8B
2023
$2.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$339.6k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±1.7%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$10.0M
36 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 99Wildfire 98Landslide 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
345
2016
368
2017
396
2018
431
2019
449
2020
506
2021
580
2022
539
2023
562
2024
576
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-84% since 2021
226
2021
183
2022
165
2023
186
2024
36
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.4 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
UP
Nearest port
180.2 km
HUMBOLDT BAY HARBOR CRUISE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.9 km
REDDING RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Tehama?

Tehama's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over yearslower than 74% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.