Best PlacesEarlimart, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Earlimart, 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.
Earlimart ranks 49,213th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Earlimart
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.
Earlimart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Earlimart ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Earlimart ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Earlimart
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Earlimart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,209, 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 Earlimart's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Earlimart
Earlimart runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Earlimart.
Who works in Earlimart, and how
Work in Earlimart centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Earlimart
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Earlimart.
What the weather is like in Earlimart, month by month
Earlimart sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 46° |
| July | 101° | 84° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 66° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Earlimart
The nearest airport, Meadows Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Earlimart
Schools across Earlimart average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Columbine ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Pond ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Pixley ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pixley MiddleD− · 14% proficient
- Earlimart MiddleF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Mission Oak HighB− · 43% proficient
- Cesar E. Chavez HighB− · 41% proficient
- Delano HighC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Earlimart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Earlimart 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 Earlimart against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Earlimart
Is Earlimart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Earlimart ranks 49,213th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Earlimart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,754. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $50,209 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Earlimart safe?
Earlimart is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $470 per resident a year.
Compare Earlimart with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Earlimart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Earlimart 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.
Earlimart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Earlimart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Earlimart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Earlimart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Earlimart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Earlimart 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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