Best PlacesFort Dick, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Dick, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort Dick ranks 35,523rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Dick
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.
Fort Dick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Dick ranks high
- Short commute12.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
Where Fort Dick ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Dick
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Dick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,640, 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 Fort Dick's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fort Dick
Fort Dick 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 Fort Dick.
Who works in Fort Dick, and how
Work in Fort Dick centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fort Dick
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Fort Dick, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Dick, month by month
Fort Dick sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 63 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 49° | 42° |
| April | 57° | 51° | 44° |
| July | 63° | 57° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Fort Dick
The nearest airport, Jack McNamara Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 258 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Dick
Schools across Fort Dick average a C−, better than 31% of towns.
Top high schools
- Del Norte HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Dick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Dick 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 Fort Dick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Dick
Is Fort Dick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Dick ranks 35,523rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, clean air, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Dick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $395,590. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $80,640 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Fort Dick safe?
Fort Dick is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $358 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Dick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Dick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Dick 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.
Fort Dick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Dick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Dick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Dick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Dick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Dick 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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