Best PlacesComptche, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Comptche, 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.
Comptche ranks 46,188th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Comptche
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.
Comptche's strengths and weaknesses
Where Comptche ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 123 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
Where Comptche ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Comptche
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Comptche home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,058, 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 Comptche's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Comptche
Comptche runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Comptche.
Who works in Comptche, and how
Work in Comptche centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Comptche
The coast is about 29 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Comptche, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Comptche, month by month
Comptche sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 74° | 57° | 42° |
| July | 98° | 76° | 56° |
| October | 82° | 61° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Comptche
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Comptche
Schools across Comptche average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mendocino K-8C · 35% proficient
- Blosser Lane ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Manchester ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Peak MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Baechtel Grove MiddleF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Mendocino HighB · 50% proficient
- Willits HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Fort Bragg HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Comptche school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Comptche 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 Comptche against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Comptche
Is Comptche a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Comptche ranks 46,188th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and an educated workforce, and lowest on cell coverage and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Comptche expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $754,290. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $63,058 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Comptche safe?
Comptche is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $694 per resident a year.
Compare Comptche with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Comptche. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Comptche 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.
Comptche detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Comptche: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Comptche: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Comptche: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Comptche: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Comptche 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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