Best PlacesConcow, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Concow, 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.
Concow ranks 49,309th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Concow
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.
Concow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Concow ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 78% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 71% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 58% of towns
Where Concow ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Concow
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Concow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,818, 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 Concow's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Concow
Concow 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 Concow.
Who works in Concow, and how
Work in Concow centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Concow
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Concow.
What the weather is like in Concow, month by month
Concow sees roughly 156 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 69° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Concow
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Concow
Schools across Concow average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Concow ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Paradise Junior HighF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Paradise Senior HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Oroville HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Concow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Concow 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 Concow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Concow
Is Concow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Concow ranks 49,309th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and big-city access, and lowest on crime and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Concow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $422,200. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $51,818 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Concow safe?
Concow is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $872 per resident a year.
Compare Concow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Concow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Concow 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.
Concow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Concow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Concow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Concow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Concow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Concow 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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