Best places to live in the Redding metro area

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July 8, 2025
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Best places to live in the Redding metro area

Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Redding metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost of living, higher education rate, housing, public schools, diversity, and crime. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.

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#6. Red Bluff

- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 14,592

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#5. Shasta Lake

- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 10,334

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#4. Anderson

- Niche grade: C
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 11,282

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#3. Redding

- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 93,268

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#2. Cottonwood

- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 7,170

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#1. Shasta

- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: A
- Population: 1,330

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