Best PlacesMount Aukum, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Aukum, 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.
Mount Aukum ranks 26,467th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Aukum
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.
Mount Aukum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Aukum ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 163 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
Where Mount Aukum ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,510 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Aukum
A household needs to earn about $176,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Aukum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,726, 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 Mount Aukum's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mount Aukum
Mount Aukum 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 Mount Aukum.
Who works in Mount Aukum, and how
Work in Mount Aukum centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mount Aukum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Aukum.
What the weather is like in Mount Aukum, month by month
Mount Aukum sees roughly 163 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 46° | 41° |
| April | 65° | 55° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 64° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Mount Aukum
Sacramento International sits about 50 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 Mount Aukum
Schools across Mount Aukum average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Indian Diggings ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Walt Tyler ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Plymouth ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain Creek MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Ione Junior HighD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Union Mine HighB · 46% proficient
- Amador HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Aukum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Aukum 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 Mount Aukum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Aukum
Is Mount Aukum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Aukum ranks 26,467th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, an educated workforce, and quiet, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Aukum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $704,043. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $87,726 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Mount Aukum safe?
Mount Aukum is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $536 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Aukum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Aukum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Aukum 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.
Mount Aukum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Aukum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Aukum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Aukum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Aukum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Aukum 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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