Best PlacesMacdoel, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Macdoel, 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.
Macdoel ranks 49,318th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Macdoel
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.
Macdoel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Macdoel ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Short commute19.7 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 67% of towns
Where Macdoel ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Macdoel
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Macdoel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,066, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Macdoel's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Macdoel
Macdoel runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Macdoel.
Who works in Macdoel, and how
Work in Macdoel centers on agriculture & forestry and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Macdoel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Macdoel.
What the weather is like in Macdoel, month by month
Macdoel sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 45° | 29° |
| July | 90° | 70° | 47° |
| October | 67° | 47° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Macdoel
The nearest airport, Rogue Valley International/Medford, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 215 miles away.
The best schools in and around Macdoel
Schools across Macdoel average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Big Springs ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Bogus ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Mccloud ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Weed HighC− · 26% proficient
- Tulelake HighD · 20% proficient
- Butte Valley HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Macdoel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Macdoel 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 Macdoel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Macdoel
Is Macdoel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Macdoel ranks 49,318th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Macdoel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $182,715. The overall cost of living runs about 66% above the national average. Set against a $49,066 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Macdoel safe?
Macdoel is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $876 per resident a year.
Compare Macdoel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Macdoel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Macdoel 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.
Macdoel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Macdoel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Macdoel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Macdoel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Macdoel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Macdoel 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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