Best PlacesFlorin, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Florin, 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.
Florin ranks 1,814th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Florin
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.
Florin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Florin ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of cities
- TransitBetter than 82% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 71% of cities
Where Florin ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Florin
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Florin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,689, 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 Florin's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Florin
Florin 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 Florin.
Who works in Florin, and how
Work in Florin centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Florin
Florin has more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Florin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Florin, month by month
Florin sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 60° | 46° |
| July | 96° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 82° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Florin
Sacramento International sits about 18 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 Florin
Schools across Florin average a C, better than 23% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Roy Herburger ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Raymond Case ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
- Anna Kirchgater ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Katherine L. Albiani MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Edward Harris Jr. MiddleB · 43% proficient
- James Rutter MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant Grove HighA− · 66% proficient
- Monterey Trail HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Florin HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Florin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Florin 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 Florin against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Florin suits
Common questions about living in Florin
Is Florin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Florin ranks 1,814th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and low property taxes, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Florin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $388,014. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $77,689 median income, cost of living beats 8% of cities.
Is Florin safe?
Florin is safer than 6% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $664 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Florin?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 39. That works out to about 158 pleasant days a year, more than 85% of cities.
Is Florin good for families?
Schools beat 23% of cities, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $1,332 a month.
Compare Florin with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Florin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Florin 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.
Florin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Florin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Florin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Florin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Florin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Florin 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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