Best PlacesMagra, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Magra, 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.
Magra ranks 45,714th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Magra
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.
Magra's strengths and weaknesses
Where Magra ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 64% of towns
Where Magra ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,572 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute42.3 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Magra
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Magra home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,930, 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 Magra's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Magra
Magra runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Magra.
Who works in Magra, and how
Work in Magra centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Magra
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Magra.
What the weather is like in Magra, month by month
Magra sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 45° | 39° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 63° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Magra
Sacramento International sits about 49 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 Magra
Schools across Magra average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alta-dutch Flat ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Foresthill DivideC · 35% proficient
- Colfax ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Colfax HighB · 48% proficient
- Foresthill HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Magra school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Magra 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 Magra against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Magra
Is Magra a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Magra ranks 45,714th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and tree cover, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Magra expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $454,131. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $74,930 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Magra safe?
Yes, Magra is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Magra with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Magra. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Magra 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.
Magra detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Magra: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Magra: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Magra: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Magra: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Magra 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.