The aggregation has a low capacity because of limited services and because the residents do not work together well. While the volunteer fire departments and neighborhood watch programs have been successful, ambulance service went bankrupt due to lack of support. Socioeconomic status is medium-high, one of the highest in the subregion. Some workers commute to Medford and Yreka. Thirty-two percent of the workers are employed in technical, sales and administrative occupations, and only six percent are employed in professional and related services, the third lowest level in the region.
Education level follows a somewhat similar pattern.
Thirty-four percent of residents have less than a high school education, ten percent higher than the region average, while 24 percent have some college and 23 percent have an associate, bachelors or higher level of education. The town housing stock is the third oldest in the region, with 75 percent having been built before 1960. Overall capacity is medium-low because of declining physical infrastructure and because residents have, in general, not been effective working together. Unemployment and children in households receiving public assistance will likely have worsened following additional timber industry decline in the 1990s. The aggregation is growing increasingly dependent on tourism and recreation, and is known for good fishing, boating, hiking, and hunting.