Best PlacesHoopa, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hoopa, 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.
Hoopa ranks 44,088th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hoopa
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.
Hoopa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hoopa ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.6 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 110 pleasant days a year, better than 74% of towns
Where Hoopa ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hoopa
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hoopa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,966, 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 Hoopa's effective rate of 0.11%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hoopa
Hoopa 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 Hoopa.
Who works in Hoopa, and how
Work in Hoopa centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hoopa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hoopa.
What the weather is like in Hoopa, month by month
Hoopa sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 65 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 65° | 57° | 51° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hoopa
The nearest airport, California Redwood Coast- Humboldt County, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hoopa
Schools across Hoopa average a D−, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Green Point ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Arcata HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Mckinleyville HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hoopa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hoopa 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 Hoopa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hoopa
Is Hoopa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hoopa ranks 44,088th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, short commutes, and quiet, and lowest on thin health care access and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hoopa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,841. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $67,966 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Hoopa safe?
Hoopa is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $686 per resident a year.
Compare Hoopa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hoopa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hoopa 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.
Hoopa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hoopa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hoopa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hoopa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hoopa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hoopa 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.