What salary do you need to live in Redding, CA?

What housing costs in Redding

A one-bedroom in Redding rents for a median of $917 a month, utilities the tenant pays included; a two-bedroom goes for $1,270 and a three-bedroom for $1,755. Over a full year, the two-bedroom median comes to $15,240.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Redding, CA at $366,400. That works out to 5.0× the local median household income of $72,636, a mid-range ratio.

Prices overall are close to average. BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 100.7 against a US baseline of 100, so $100,000 here buys roughly $99,321 worth of the national basket.

Income needed for each grade in Redding

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $48,000 for Tight, $96,000 for Okay and $193,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $97,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

Royal, the top band, starts at $569,000. At that income rent is 3% of pay and the median home 0.6× income.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Redding shows the matching grade.

Scores at $50K, $75K, $100K and $150K in Redding

At $75,000 home size barely changes the picture: one, two and three bedrooms all grade Tight, with scores from 33 to 43.

None of the four salaries reaches Comfortable for two bedrooms; even $150,000 scores 58, Okay, which fits the $193,000 line above.

Where Redding falls nationally

Out of 387 metros, Redding has the 77th highest price parity and the 132nd highest two-bedroom rent, which puts it in the most expensive quarter on overall prices and in the middle half on rent.

Next to Redding on the national rent ranking: Wildwood-The Villages, FL ($1,271) and Vineland, NJ ($1,269).

Comparing Redding with California

How Redding stacks up against its state: $1,270 for a two-bedroom against California's $2,103, $366,400 for the median home against $734,700, and a price level of 100.7 against 110.7.

Run California's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $439,000; Redding's line is −56% from that.

If Redding is on your list, Yuba City, CA, Fresno, CA, and Bakersfield-Delano, CA are the most similar California metros by two-bedroom rent and price level; the table shows where each turns Comfortable.

Does the typical Redding income clear the bar?

A household at the Redding median income of $72,636 would see a two-bedroom score of 37 — Tight — with rent at 21% of income. Put differently, Redding's typical household is $120,364 below the $193,000 it takes to read Comfortable on two bedrooms. For California as a whole, the median household income of $99,122 scores 23 against statewide rents. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

Estimates use pre-tax income and public data; they are not financial advice.