Best PlacesCasmalia, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Casmalia, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Casmalia ranks 48,302nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Casmalia
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.
Casmalia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Casmalia ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 217 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 68% of towns
Where Casmalia ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,613 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Casmalia
A household needs to earn about $151,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Casmalia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,254, 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 Casmalia's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Casmalia
Casmalia 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 Casmalia.
Who works in Casmalia, and how
Work in Casmalia centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Casmalia
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Casmalia, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Casmalia, month by month
Casmalia sees roughly 217 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 75° | 62° | 54° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Casmalia
The nearest airport, Santa Maria Public/Capt G Allan Hancock Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 131 miles away.
Casmalia 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 Casmalia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Casmalia
Is Casmalia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Casmalia ranks 48,302nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and population health, and lowest on civic engagement and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Casmalia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $595,045. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $72,254 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Casmalia safe?
Casmalia is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $667 per resident a year.
Compare Casmalia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Casmalia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Casmalia 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.
Casmalia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Casmalia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Casmalia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Casmalia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Casmalia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Casmalia 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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