Best PlacesLodoga, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lodoga, 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.
Lodoga ranks 50,131st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Lodoga
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.
Lodoga's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lodoga ranks high
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
Where Lodoga ranks low
- Short commute51.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$28,552 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lodoga
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lodoga home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $28,552, 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 Lodoga's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lodoga
Lodoga runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lodoga.
Who works in Lodoga, and how
Work in Lodoga centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Lodoga
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lodoga.
What the weather is like in Lodoga, month by month
Lodoga sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 74° | 57° | 42° |
| July | 98° | 76° | 56° |
| October | 82° | 61° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lodoga
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lodoga
Schools across Lodoga average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elk Creek ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- East LakeF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Indian Valley IntermediateD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Williams Junior/senior HighA · 75% proficient
- Lower Lake HighD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lodoga school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lodoga 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 Lodoga against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lodoga
Is Lodoga a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lodoga ranks 50,131st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lodoga expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,070. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $28,552 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Lodoga safe?
Lodoga is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $782 per resident a year.
Compare Lodoga with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lodoga. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lodoga 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.
Lodoga detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lodoga: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lodoga: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lodoga: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lodoga: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lodoga 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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