Best PlacesJohnson Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Johnson Park, 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.
Johnson Park ranks 45,403rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Johnson Park
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.
Johnson Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Johnson Park ranks high
- Short commute15.4 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 78% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Johnson Park ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Johnson Park
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Johnson Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,051, 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 Johnson Park's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Johnson Park
Johnson Park 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 Johnson Park.
Who works in Johnson Park, and how
Work in Johnson Park centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in Johnson Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Johnson Park.
What the weather is like in Johnson Park, month by month
Johnson Park sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 49° | 35° |
| July | 92° | 72° | 52° |
| October | 69° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Johnson Park
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 153 miles away.
The best schools in and around Johnson Park
Schools across Johnson Park average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fall River ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Burney ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Foothill HighB · 49% proficient
- Fall River Junior-senior HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Burney Junior-senior HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Johnson Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Johnson Park 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 Johnson Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Johnson Park
Is Johnson Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Johnson Park ranks 45,403rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, transit, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Johnson Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,128. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $53,051 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Johnson Park safe?
Johnson Park is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
Compare Johnson Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Johnson Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Johnson Park 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.
Johnson Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Johnson Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Johnson Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Johnson Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Johnson Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Johnson Park 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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