Best PlacesLittle Valley, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Valley, 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.
Little Valley ranks 50,035th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The cost of living against local pay pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Little Valley
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.
Little Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Valley ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 60% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 53% of towns
- TransitBetter than 44% of towns
Where Little Valley ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Valley
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $44,145, 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 Little Valley's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Little Valley
Little Valley's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Little Valley.
Who works in Little Valley, and how
Work in Little Valley centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Little Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Little Valley.
What the weather is like in Little Valley, month by month
Little Valley sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 65° | 50° | 36° |
| July | 93° | 75° | 54° |
| October | 68° | 48° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Little Valley
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Valley
Schools across Little Valley average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fall River ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Meadow ViewC− · 28% proficient
- Juniper Ridge ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Diamond View MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Fall River Junior-senior HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Lassen HighC− · 28% proficient
- Westwood HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Valley 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 Little Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Valley
Is Little Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Valley ranks 50,035th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,500. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $44,145 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Little Valley safe?
Little Valley is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $500 per resident a year.
Compare Little Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Valley 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.
Little Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Valley 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.