Best PlacesFive Points, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Five Points, 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.
Five Points ranks 50,061st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Five Points
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.
Five Points' strengths and weaknesses
Where Five Points ranks high
- Short commute13.6 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
Where Five Points ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Five Points
Five Points 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 Five Points.
Who works in Five Points, and how
Work in Five Points centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Five Points
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Five Points.
What the weather is like in Five Points, month by month
Five Points sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| April | 81° | 63° | 45° |
| July | 103° | 84° | 63° |
| October | 85° | 66° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Five Points
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Five Points
Schools across Five Points average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fipps PrimaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Burrel ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
- San Joaquin ElementaryF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riverdale ElementaryD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverdale HighC · 32% proficient
- Coalinga HighC− · 28% proficient
- Tranquillity HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Five Points school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Five Points 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 Five Points against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Five Points
Is Five Points a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Five Points ranks 50,061st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, transit, and the weather, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Five Points safe?
Five Points is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $970 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Five Points?
July highs average about 103 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 36. That works out to about 141 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of towns.
Compare Five Points with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Five Points. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Five Points 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.
Five Points detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Five Points: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Five Points: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Five Points: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Five Points: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Five Points 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.
- 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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