Best PlacesFort Seward, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Seward, 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.
Fort Seward ranks 48,276th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Seward
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 Seward's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Seward ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 79% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 111 pleasant days a year, better than 75% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 65% of towns
Where Fort Seward ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$34,155 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Seward
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Seward home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $34,155, 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 Seward's effective rate of 0.82%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fort Seward
Fort Seward runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Seward.
Who works in Fort Seward, and how
Work in Fort Seward centers on agriculture & forestry and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 34%
- Work from home 56%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Fort Seward
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Seward.
What the weather is like in Fort Seward, month by month
Fort Seward sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 65 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 47° | 42° |
| April | 58° | 50° | 44° |
| July | 65° | 57° | 52° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Fort Seward
The nearest airport, California Redwood Coast- Humboldt County, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 152 miles away.
Fort Seward 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 Seward against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Seward
Is Fort Seward a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Seward ranks 48,276th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, short commutes, and clean air, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Seward expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $540,953. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $34,155 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Fort Seward safe?
Fort Seward is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $710 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Seward with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Seward. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Seward 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 Seward detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Seward: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Seward: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Seward: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Seward: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Seward 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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