Best PlacesBangor, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bangor, 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.
Bangor ranks 34,547th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bangor
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.
Bangor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bangor ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 136 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Household income$78,787 median, better than 62% of towns
Where Bangor ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,208 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bangor
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bangor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,787, 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 Bangor's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Bangor
Bangor 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 Bangor.
Who works in Bangor, and how
Work in Bangor centers on other services and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bangor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bangor.
What the weather is like in Bangor, month by month
Bangor sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 100° | 83° | 66° |
| October | 82° | 66° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Bangor
Sacramento International sits about 49 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 Bangor
Schools across Bangor average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ophir ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Bangor Union ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- Yuba Feather ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Foothill IntermediateD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Las Plumas HighC · 33% proficient
- Marysville HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bangor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bangor 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 Bangor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bangor
Is Bangor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bangor ranks 34,547th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bangor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,800. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $78,787 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Bangor safe?
Bangor is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
Compare Bangor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bangor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bangor 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.
Bangor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bangor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bangor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bangor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bangor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bangor 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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