Best PlacesCamino, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Camino, 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.
Camino ranks 17,041st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Camino
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.
Camino's strengths and weaknesses
Where Camino ranks high
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
Where Camino ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,556 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Camino
A household needs to earn about $139,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Camino home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,600, 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 Camino's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Camino
Camino runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Camino.
Who works in Camino, and how
Work in Camino centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Camino
Camino has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Camino and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Camino, month by month
Camino sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 46° | 41° |
| April | 65° | 55° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 64° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Camino
Sacramento International sits about 50 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 Camino
Schools across Camino average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Camino PolytechnicB · 50% proficient
- Camino ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Pinewood ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sierra Ridge MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Pleasant Valley MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Union Mine HighB · 46% proficient
- El Dorado HighB− · 45% proficient
- Golden Sierra Junior Senior HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Camino school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Camino 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 Camino against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Camino
Is Camino a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Camino ranks 17,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Camino expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $540,366. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $87,600 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Camino safe?
Yes, Camino is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Camino with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Camino. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Camino 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.
Camino detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Camino: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Camino: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Camino: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Camino: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Camino 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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