Best PlacesArbuckle, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arbuckle, 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.
Arbuckle ranks 28,638th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Arbuckle
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.
Arbuckle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arbuckle ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Arbuckle ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arbuckle
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arbuckle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,162, 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 Arbuckle'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 Arbuckle
Arbuckle 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 Arbuckle.
Who works in Arbuckle, and how
Work in Arbuckle centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Arbuckle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arbuckle.
What the weather is like in Arbuckle, month by month
Arbuckle sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 46° |
| July | 99° | 80° | 61° |
| October | 83° | 64° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Arbuckle
Sacramento International sits about 33 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Arbuckle
Schools across Arbuckle average a C, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James M. Burchfield PrimaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- George T. Egling MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Williams Junior/senior HighA · 75% proficient
- Colusa HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arbuckle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arbuckle 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 Arbuckle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arbuckle
Is Arbuckle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arbuckle ranks 28,638th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and walkability, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arbuckle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $445,991. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $88,162 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Arbuckle safe?
Arbuckle is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare Arbuckle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arbuckle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arbuckle 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.
Arbuckle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arbuckle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arbuckle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arbuckle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arbuckle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arbuckle 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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