Best PlacesManteca, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manteca, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Manteca ranks 1,503rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Manteca
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.
Manteca's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manteca ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 72% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 70% of cities
Where Manteca ranks low
- Short commute37.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Manteca
A household needs to earn about $153,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manteca home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $109,386, 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 Manteca's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Manteca
Manteca'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 Manteca.
Who works in Manteca, and how
Work in Manteca centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Manteca
Manteca has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Manteca and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Manteca, month by month
Manteca sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 61° | 46° |
| July | 98° | 78° | 60° |
| October | 83° | 65° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Manteca
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Manteca
Schools across Manteca average a D, better than 7% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Park View ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Dena BoerC · 34% proficient
- George Mcparland ElementaryC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Salida Middle School - Vella CampusD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Ripon HighB · 50% proficient
- Sierra HighC · 32% proficient
- Manteca HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manteca school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manteca 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 Manteca against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Manteca suits
Families
Schools land around the 7th percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Manteca
Is Manteca a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manteca ranks 1,503rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Manteca expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $585,704. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $109,386 median income, cost of living beats 47% of cities.
Is Manteca safe?
Yes, Manteca is safer than 56% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Manteca?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 39. That works out to about 135 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of cities.
Is Manteca good for families?
Schools beat 7% of cities, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $1,299 a month.
Compare Manteca with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manteca. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manteca 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.
Manteca detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manteca: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manteca: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manteca: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manteca: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manteca 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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