Best PlacesLindsay, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lindsay, 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.
Lindsay ranks 41,410th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lindsay
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.
Lindsay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lindsay ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Lindsay ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lindsay
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lindsay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,902, 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 Lindsay's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Lindsay
Lindsay 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 Lindsay.
Who works in Lindsay, and how
Work in Lindsay centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lindsay
Lindsay has more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lindsay and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lindsay, month by month
Lindsay sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 46° |
| July | 101° | 84° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 66° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Lindsay
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lindsay
Schools across Lindsay average a C, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Outside Creek ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Strathmore ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
- Sunnyside ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Lindsay Senior HighA+ · 90% proficient
- Mission Oak HighB− · 43% proficient
- Strathmore HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lindsay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lindsay 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 Lindsay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lindsay
Is Lindsay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lindsay ranks 41,410th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on air quality and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lindsay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,698. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $64,902 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Lindsay safe?
Lindsay is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Lindsay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lindsay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lindsay 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.
Lindsay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lindsay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lindsay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lindsay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lindsay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lindsay 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.