Best PlacesBurnt Ranch, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burnt Ranch, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Burnt Ranch ranks 45,348th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Burnt Ranch
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.
Burnt Ranch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burnt Ranch ranks high
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
Where Burnt Ranch ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burnt Ranch
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burnt Ranch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,059, 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 Burnt Ranch'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Burnt Ranch
Burnt Ranch runs older 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 Burnt Ranch.
Who works in Burnt Ranch, and how
Work in Burnt Ranch centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Burnt Ranch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Burnt Ranch.
What the weather is like in Burnt Ranch, month by month
Burnt Ranch sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 65 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 65° | 57° | 51° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Burnt Ranch
The nearest airport, California Redwood Coast- Humboldt County, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burnt Ranch
Schools across Burnt Ranch average a C, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hayfork ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Burnt Ranch ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Maple Creek ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Arcata HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Hayfork HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Trinity HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burnt Ranch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burnt Ranch 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 Burnt Ranch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burnt Ranch
Is Burnt Ranch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burnt Ranch ranks 45,348th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, quiet, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burnt Ranch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $324,023. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $61,059 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Burnt Ranch safe?
Burnt Ranch is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare Burnt Ranch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burnt Ranch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burnt Ranch 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.
Burnt Ranch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burnt Ranch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burnt Ranch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burnt Ranch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burnt Ranch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burnt Ranch 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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