CA area data
Topaz, CA
Topaz, CA.
Population: 180 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 417.4 (-0.8% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (High)
- 110.7 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 32.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $22.00/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- avalanche, drought, wildfire, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 43.5 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 19
- Days with Good air quality
- 341
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Yosemite National Park (53 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Topaz Overlook Airstrip (6 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL) (33 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 4
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.7 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 4
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (5.1 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,972
- Households with broadband internet
- 0.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 6,590
- Average weekly wage
- $867
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Construction, Real Estate
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 49
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