Best PlacesFeather Falls, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Feather Falls, 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.
Feather Falls ranks 48,395th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Feather Falls
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.
Feather Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Feather Falls ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 52% of towns
Where Feather Falls ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute44.1 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,798 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Feather Falls
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Feather Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $41,798, 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 Feather Falls' effective rate of 0.40%, 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 Feather Falls
Feather Falls 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 Feather Falls.
Who works in Feather Falls, and how
Work in Feather Falls centers on transportation & warehousing and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Feather Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Feather Falls.
What the weather is like in Feather Falls, month by month
Feather Falls sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 100° | 83° | 66° |
| October | 82° | 66° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Feather Falls
Sacramento International sits about 62 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Feather Falls
Schools across Feather Falls average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Berry Creek ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Ophir ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Camptonville ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Foothill IntermediateD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Las Plumas HighC · 33% proficient
- Quincy Junior/senior HighC · 33% proficient
- Marysville HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Feather Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Feather Falls 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 Feather Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Feather Falls
Is Feather Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Feather Falls ranks 48,395th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Feather Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $408,300. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $41,798 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Feather Falls safe?
Feather Falls is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Feather Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Feather Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Feather Falls 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.
Feather Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Feather Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Feather Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Feather Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Feather Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Feather Falls 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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