Best PlacesMinkler, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minkler, 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.
Minkler ranks 34,003rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Minkler
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.
Minkler's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minkler ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of towns
Where Minkler ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,396 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minkler
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minkler home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,899, 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 Minkler's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Minkler
Minkler runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minkler.
Who works in Minkler, and how
Work in Minkler centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Minkler
Minkler has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Minkler and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Minkler, month by month
Minkler sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 51° |
| July | 102° | 86° | 70° |
| October | 83° | 68° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Minkler
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 144 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minkler
Schools across Minkler average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Great Western ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Navelencia MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Washington Academic MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Sanger HighB− · 45% proficient
- Reedley HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minkler school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minkler 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 Minkler against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minkler
Is Minkler a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minkler ranks 34,003rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minkler expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $522,459. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $83,899 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Minkler safe?
Minkler is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $466 per resident a year.
Compare Minkler with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minkler. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minkler 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.
Minkler detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minkler: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minkler: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minkler: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minkler: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minkler 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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