Best PlacesHavilah, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Havilah, 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.
Havilah ranks 49,245th 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 Havilah
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.
Havilah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Havilah ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 171 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 69% of towns
- School gradeC+, better than 56% of towns
Where Havilah ranks low
- Short commute49.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Havilah
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Havilah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $52,681, 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 Havilah's effective rate of 0.86%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Havilah
Havilah runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Havilah.
Who works in Havilah, and how
Work in Havilah centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Havilah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Havilah.
What the weather is like in Havilah, month by month
Havilah sees roughly 171 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 60° |
| October | 72° | 56° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Havilah
The nearest airport, Meadows Field, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Havilah
Schools across Havilah average a C+, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Linns Valley-poso Flat ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Piute Mountain ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- North HighA · 75% proficient
- Kern Valley HighA · 75% proficient
- Foothill HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Havilah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Havilah 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 Havilah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Havilah
Is Havilah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Havilah ranks 49,245th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Havilah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,302. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $52,681 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Havilah safe?
Havilah is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $623 per resident a year.
Compare Havilah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Havilah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Havilah 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.
Havilah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Havilah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Havilah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Havilah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Havilah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Havilah 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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