Best PlacesDos Rios, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dos Rios, 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.
Dos Rios ranks 49,777th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dos Rios
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.
Dos Rios' strengths and weaknesses
Where Dos Rios ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 121 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 68% of towns
Where Dos Rios ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,070 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dos Rios
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dos Rios home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $38,070, 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 Dos Rios' effective rate of 0.40%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Dos Rios
Dos Rios 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 Dos Rios.
Who works in Dos Rios, and how
Work in Dos Rios centers on hospitality & food and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dos Rios
The coast is about 61 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Dos Rios, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dos Rios, month by month
Dos Rios sees roughly 121 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 Dos Rios
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 79 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dos Rios
Schools across Dos Rios average a D+, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blosser Lane ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Laytonville ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Round Valley ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Baechtel Grove MiddleF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Laytonville HighA · 75% proficient
- Willits HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Round Valley HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dos Rios school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dos Rios 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 Dos Rios against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dos Rios
Is Dos Rios a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dos Rios ranks 49,777th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on education levels and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dos Rios expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $471,671. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $38,070 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Dos Rios safe?
Dos Rios is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $843 per resident a year.
Compare Dos Rios with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dos Rios. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dos Rios 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.
Dos Rios detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dos Rios: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dos Rios: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dos Rios: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dos Rios: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dos Rios 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.
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