Best PlacesAvery, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avery, 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.
Avery ranks 16,544th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Avery
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.
Avery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Avery ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
Where Avery ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Avery
A household needs to earn about $130,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,813, 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 Avery's effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Avery
Avery 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 Avery.
Who works in Avery, and how
Work in Avery centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Avery
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Avery.
What the weather is like in Avery, month by month
Avery sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 43° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 61° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Avery
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Avery
Schools across Avery average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vallecito Independent Study (alternative)B · 50% proficient
- Hazel Fischer ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Albert A. Michelson ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Avery MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Toyon MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Sonora HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Calaveras HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avery 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 Avery against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Avery
Is Avery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avery ranks 16,544th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, transit, and low crime, and lowest on taxes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Avery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $503,956. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $81,813 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Avery safe?
Yes, Avery is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Avery with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avery 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.
Avery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avery 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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