Best PlacesMi-Wuk Village, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mi-Wuk Village, 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.
Mi-Wuk Village ranks 27,861st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mi-Wuk Village
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.
Mi-Wuk Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mi-Wuk Village ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Mi-Wuk Village ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mi-Wuk Village
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mi-Wuk Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,121, 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 Mi-Wuk Village's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Mi-Wuk Village
Mi-Wuk Village 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 Mi-Wuk Village.
Who works in Mi-Wuk Village, and how
Work in Mi-Wuk Village centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mi-Wuk Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mi-Wuk Village.
What the weather is like in Mi-Wuk Village, month by month
Mi-Wuk Village sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 43° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 61° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mi-Wuk Village
The nearest airport, Merced Yosemite Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mi-Wuk Village
Schools across Mi-Wuk Village average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Twain HarteC · 33% proficient
- Summerville ElementaryC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Sonora HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Don Pedro HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mi-Wuk Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mi-Wuk Village 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 Mi-Wuk Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mi-Wuk Village
Is Mi-Wuk Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mi-Wuk Village ranks 27,861st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on disaster risk and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mi-Wuk Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $505,906. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $89,121 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Mi-Wuk Village safe?
Mi-Wuk Village is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Mi-Wuk Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mi-Wuk Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mi-Wuk Village 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.
Mi-Wuk Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mi-Wuk Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mi-Wuk Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mi-Wuk Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mi-Wuk Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mi-Wuk Village 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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