Best PlacesGasquet, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gasquet, 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.
Gasquet ranks 32,729th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gasquet
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.
Gasquet's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gasquet ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$98,252 median, better than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
Where Gasquet ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.8 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gasquet
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gasquet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,252, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Gasquet's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gasquet
Gasquet 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 Gasquet.
Who works in Gasquet, and how
Work in Gasquet centers on education and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Gasquet
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Gasquet, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gasquet, month by month
Gasquet sees roughly 97 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 Gasquet
The nearest airport, Jack McNamara Field, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 251 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gasquet
Schools across Gasquet average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Happy Camp Union ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lorna Byrne Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Happy Camp HighB · 50% proficient
- Del Norte HighC− · 30% proficient
- Illinois Valley High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gasquet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gasquet 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 Gasquet against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gasquet
Is Gasquet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gasquet ranks 32,729th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, civic engagement, and transit, and lowest on distance from a big city and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gasquet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,672. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $98,252 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Gasquet safe?
Gasquet is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $612 per resident a year.
Compare Gasquet with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gasquet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gasquet 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.
Gasquet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gasquet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gasquet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gasquet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gasquet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gasquet 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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