Best PlacesAltaville, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Altaville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Altaville ranks 32,632nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Altaville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Altaville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Altaville ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 75% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 71% of towns
Where Altaville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Altaville
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Altaville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,327, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Altaville's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Altaville
Altaville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Altaville.
Who works in Altaville, and how
Work in Altaville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Altaville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Altaville.
What the weather is like in Altaville, month by month
Altaville sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 97° | 80° | 61° |
| October | 79° | 63° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Altaville
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Altaville
Schools across Altaville average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mark Twain ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Albert A. Michelson ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
- San Andreas ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Avery MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Toyon MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Calaveras HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Altaville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Altaville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Altaville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Altaville
Is Altaville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Altaville ranks 32,632nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and quiet, and lowest on taxes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Altaville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $558,346. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $71,327 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Altaville safe?
Yes, Altaville is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Altaville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Altaville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Altaville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Altaville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Altaville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Altaville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Altaville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Altaville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Altaville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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