Best PlacesChilcoot, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chilcoot, 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.
Chilcoot ranks 46,609th 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 Chilcoot
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.
Chilcoot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chilcoot ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 75% of towns
- QuietBetter than 67% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 64% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 61% of towns
Where Chilcoot ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chilcoot
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chilcoot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,008, 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 Chilcoot's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Chilcoot
Chilcoot's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chilcoot.
Who works in Chilcoot, and how
Work in Chilcoot centers on public administration and arts & entertainment. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Chilcoot
Chilcoot has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Chilcoot and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chilcoot, month by month
Chilcoot sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 33° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 54° |
| October | 67° | 50° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Chilcoot
The nearest airport, Reno/Tahoe International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chilcoot
Schools across Chilcoot average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sierra PrimaryD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Sage MiddleD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Loyalton HighC− · 27% proficient
- Herlong HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chilcoot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chilcoot 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 Chilcoot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chilcoot
Is Chilcoot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chilcoot ranks 46,609th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and quiet, and lowest on civic engagement and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chilcoot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $410,438. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $53,008 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Chilcoot safe?
Chilcoot is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $526 per resident a year.
Compare Chilcoot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chilcoot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chilcoot 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.
Chilcoot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chilcoot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chilcoot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chilcoot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chilcoot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chilcoot 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.