Best PlacesMyers Flat, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Myers Flat, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Myers Flat ranks 47,510th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Myers Flat
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.
Myers Flat's strengths and weaknesses
Where Myers Flat ranks high
- Short commute11.7 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
Where Myers Flat ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,987 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Myers Flat
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Myers Flat home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $39,987, 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 Myers Flat's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Myers Flat
Myers Flat's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Myers Flat.
Who works in Myers Flat, and how
Work in Myers Flat centers on information and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 47%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 37%
Life in Myers Flat
The coast is about 60 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Myers Flat, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Myers Flat, month by month
Myers Flat sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 65 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 47° | 42° |
| April | 58° | 50° | 44° |
| July | 65° | 57° | 52° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Myers Flat
The nearest airport, California Redwood Coast- Humboldt County, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 162 miles away.
The best schools in and around Myers Flat
Schools across Myers Flat average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stanwood A. Murphy ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Bridgeville ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Leggett Valley ElementaryD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Fortuna Union HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Myers Flat school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Myers Flat 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 Myers Flat against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Myers Flat
Is Myers Flat a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Myers Flat ranks 47,510th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, transit, and the weather, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Myers Flat expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $469,593. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $39,987 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Myers Flat safe?
Myers Flat is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $798 per resident a year.
Compare Myers Flat with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Myers Flat. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Myers Flat 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.
Myers Flat detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Myers Flat: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Myers Flat: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Myers Flat: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Myers Flat: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Myers Flat 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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