Best PlacesFish Camp, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fish Camp, 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.
Fish Camp ranks 36,750th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fish Camp
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.
Fish Camp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fish Camp ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 184 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Fish Camp ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fish Camp
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fish Camp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,024, 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 Fish Camp's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Fish Camp
Fish Camp 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 Fish Camp.
Who works in Fish Camp, and how
Work in Fish Camp centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Fish Camp
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fish Camp.
What the weather is like in Fish Camp, month by month
Fish Camp sees roughly 184 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 37° | 32° |
| April | 53° | 44° | 38° |
| July | 78° | 69° | 63° |
| October | 62° | 53° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Fish Camp
The nearest airport, Merced Yosemite Regional, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 123 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fish Camp
Schools across Fish Camp average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodland ElementaryC · 31% proficient
- Wasuma ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Oakhurst ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak Creek IntermediateC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Yosemite HighA− · 63% proficient
- Mariposa County HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fish Camp school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fish Camp 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 Fish Camp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fish Camp
Is Fish Camp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fish Camp ranks 36,750th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fish Camp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $497,795. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $82,024 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Fish Camp safe?
Fish Camp is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $640 per resident a year.
Compare Fish Camp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fish Camp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fish Camp 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.
Fish Camp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fish Camp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fish Camp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fish Camp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fish Camp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fish Camp 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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