Best PlacesFoothill Farms, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Foothill Farms, 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.
Foothill Farms ranks 1,731st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Foothill Farms
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.
Foothill Farms' strengths and weaknesses
Where Foothill Farms ranks high
- TransitBetter than 85% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 150 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of cities
Where Foothill Farms ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Foothill Farms
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Foothill Farms home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,467, 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 Foothill Farms' effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Foothill Farms
Foothill Farms 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 Foothill Farms.
Who works in Foothill Farms, and how
Work in Foothill Farms centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Foothill Farms
Foothill Farms has more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Foothill Farms and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Foothill Farms, month by month
Foothill Farms sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 41° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 97° | 78° | 63° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Foothill Farms
Sacramento International sits about 13 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 Foothill Farms
Schools across Foothill Farms average a C, better than 37% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Charles Peck ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Will Rogers MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Mesa Verde HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Foothill Farms school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Foothill Farms 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 Foothill Farms against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Foothill Farms suits
Common questions about living in Foothill Farms
Is Foothill Farms a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Foothill Farms ranks 1,731st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on transit, the weather, and few empty homes, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Foothill Farms expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $396,094. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $74,467 median income, cost of living beats 7% of cities.
Is Foothill Farms safe?
Foothill Farms is safer than 6% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $549 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Foothill Farms?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 41. That works out to about 150 pleasant days a year, more than 83% of cities.
Is Foothill Farms good for families?
Schools beat 37% of cities, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $1,332 a month.
Compare Foothill Farms with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Foothill Farms. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Foothill Farms 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.
Foothill Farms detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Foothill Farms: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Foothill Farms: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Foothill Farms: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Foothill Farms: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Foothill Farms 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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