Best PlacesFloriston, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Floriston, 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.
Floriston ranks 42,215th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Floriston
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.
Floriston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Floriston ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 151 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 76% of towns
Where Floriston ranks low
- Short commute43.4 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Floriston
A household needs to earn about $201,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Floriston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,799, 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 Floriston's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Floriston
Floriston 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 Floriston.
Who works in Floriston, and how
Work in Floriston centers on construction and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Floriston
Floriston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Floriston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Floriston, month by month
Floriston sees roughly 151 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 28° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 40° | 24° |
| July | 85° | 63° | 41° |
| October | 65° | 43° | 25° |
Flying in and out of Floriston
The nearest airport, Reno/Tahoe International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Floriston
Schools across Floriston average a B, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glenshire ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alder Creek MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Tahoe Truckee HighA− · 60% proficient
- Loyalton HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Floriston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Floriston 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 Floriston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Floriston
Is Floriston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Floriston ranks 42,215th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, an educated workforce, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Floriston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $767,826. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $59,799 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Floriston safe?
Floriston is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
Compare Floriston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Floriston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Floriston 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.
Floriston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Floriston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Floriston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Floriston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Floriston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Floriston 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.