Best PlacesColeville, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coleville, 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.
Coleville ranks 36,207th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coleville
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.
Coleville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coleville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 71% of towns
Where Coleville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,436 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coleville
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coleville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,012, 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 Coleville's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Coleville
Coleville 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 Coleville.
Who works in Coleville, and how
Work in Coleville centers on construction and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 22%
Life in Coleville
Coleville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Coleville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coleville, month by month
Coleville sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 29° | 16° |
| April | 60° | 43° | 26° |
| July | 88° | 67° | 44° |
| October | 67° | 45° | 26° |
Flying in and out of Coleville
The nearest airport, Mammoth Yosemite, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coleville
Schools across Coleville average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lee Vining ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Lee Vining HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coleville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coleville 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 Coleville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coleville
Is Coleville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coleville ranks 36,207th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, transit, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coleville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $388,445. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $84,012 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Coleville safe?
Coleville is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $529 per resident a year.
Compare Coleville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coleville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coleville 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.
Coleville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coleville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coleville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coleville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coleville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coleville 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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