Best PlacesAngels, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Angels, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Angels ranks 25,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Angels
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.
Angels' strengths and weaknesses
Where Angels ranks high
- Short commute17.4 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Angels ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Angels
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Angels home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,111, 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 Angels' effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Angels
Angels runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Angels.
Who works in Angels, and how
Work in Angels centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Angels
Angels has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Angels and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Angels, month by month
Angels sees roughly 143 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 Angels
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Angels
Schools across Angels average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mark Twain ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Angels school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Angels 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 Angels against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Angels
Is Angels a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Angels ranks 25,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and transit, 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 Angels expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $463,804. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $68,111 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Angels safe?
Angels is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Angels with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Angels. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Angels 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.
Angels detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Angels: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Angels: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Angels: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Angels: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Angels 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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