Best PlacesLatrobe, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Latrobe, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Latrobe ranks 1,721st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Latrobe
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.
Latrobe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Latrobe ranks high
- Household income$185,015 median, better than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where Latrobe ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,463 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Latrobe
A household needs to earn about $225,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Latrobe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $185,015, 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 Latrobe's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Latrobe
Latrobe runs older 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 Latrobe.
Who works in Latrobe, and how
Work in Latrobe centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Latrobe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Latrobe.
What the weather is like in Latrobe, month by month
Latrobe sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 46° | 41° |
| April | 65° | 55° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 64° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Latrobe
Sacramento International sits about 35 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 Latrobe
Schools across Latrobe average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Latrobe ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Cosumnes River ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Plymouth ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miller's HillA · 62% proficient
- Katherine L. Albiani MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Ione Junior HighD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant Grove HighA− · 66% proficient
- Oak Ridge HighA− · 61% proficient
- Ponderosa HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Latrobe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Latrobe 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 Latrobe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Latrobe
Is Latrobe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Latrobe ranks 1,721st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, few empty homes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on civic engagement and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Latrobe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $855,376. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $185,015 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Latrobe safe?
Yes, Latrobe is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Latrobe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Latrobe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Latrobe 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.
Latrobe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Latrobe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Latrobe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Latrobe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Latrobe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Latrobe 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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