Best PlacesKeswick, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Keswick, 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.
Keswick ranks 30,603rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Keswick
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.
Keswick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Keswick ranks high
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
- Household income$85,025 median, better than 71% of towns
- Short commute24.0 minutes each way, better than 69% of towns
Where Keswick ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Keswick
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Keswick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,025, 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 Keswick's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Keswick
Keswick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Keswick.
Who works in Keswick, and how
Work in Keswick centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Keswick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Keswick.
What the weather is like in Keswick, month by month
Keswick sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 39° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 99° | 82° | 66° |
| October | 78° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Keswick
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 140 miles away.
The best schools in and around Keswick
Schools across Keswick average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shasta ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Shasta LakeC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Shasta HighA− · 60% proficient
- Central Valley HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Keswick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Keswick 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 Keswick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Keswick
Is Keswick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Keswick ranks 30,603rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Keswick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $394,845. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $85,025 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Keswick safe?
Keswick is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $324 per resident a year.
Compare Keswick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Keswick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Keswick 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.
Keswick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Keswick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Keswick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Keswick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Keswick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Keswick 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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