Best PlacesKnights Landing, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Knights Landing, 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.
Knights Landing ranks 43,964th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Knights Landing
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.
Knights Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Knights Landing ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Knights Landing ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,480 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Knights Landing
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Knights Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,838, 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 Knights Landing's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Knights Landing
Knights Landing's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Knights Landing.
Who works in Knights Landing, and how
Work in Knights Landing centers on wholesale trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Knights Landing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Knights Landing.
What the weather is like in Knights Landing, month by month
Knights Landing sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 59, 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 | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 46° |
| July | 97° | 77° | 60° |
| October | 82° | 65° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Knights Landing
Sacramento International sits about 11 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Knights Landing
Schools across Knights Landing average a C−, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marcum-illinois Union ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Robbins ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland Senior HighC+ · 40% proficient
- East Nicolaus HighC · 31% proficient
- Sutter HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Knights Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Knights Landing 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 Knights Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Knights Landing
Is Knights Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Knights Landing ranks 43,964th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Knights Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $414,804. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $63,838 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Knights Landing safe?
Knights Landing is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $606 per resident a year.
Compare Knights Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Knights Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Knights Landing 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.
Knights Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Knights Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Knights Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Knights Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Knights Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Knights Landing 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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