Best PlacesAmerican Canyon, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around American Canyon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
American Canyon ranks 9,890th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in American Canyon
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.
American Canyon's strengths and weaknesses
Where American Canyon ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
Where American Canyon ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,418 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in American Canyon
A household needs to earn about $180,000 a year to comfortably buy the median American Canyon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $124,006, 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 American Canyon's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 American Canyon
American Canyon runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for American Canyon.
Who works in American Canyon, and how
Work in American Canyon centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in American Canyon
American Canyon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 36 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of American Canyon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in American Canyon, month by month
American Canyon sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 42° |
| July | 81° | 65° | 53° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 46° |
Flying in and out of American Canyon
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around American Canyon
Schools across American Canyon average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top high schools
- Angelo Rodriguez HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Vallejo HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every American Canyon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
American Canyon 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 American Canyon against the other 50,332 towns.
Who American Canyon suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in American Canyon
Is American Canyon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, American Canyon ranks 9,890th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, population health, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is American Canyon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $698,339. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $124,006 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is American Canyon safe?
American Canyon is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $462 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in American Canyon?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 38. That works out to about 164 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of towns.
Is American Canyon good for families?
Schools beat 58% of towns, crime safety beats 21%, and childcare runs $1,418 a month.
Compare American Canyon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to American Canyon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in American Canyon 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.
American Canyon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for American Canyon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in American Canyon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of American Canyon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in American Canyon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
American Canyon 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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