Best PlacesNipinnawasee, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nipinnawasee, 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.
Nipinnawasee ranks 25,003rd 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 Nipinnawasee
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.
Nipinnawasee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nipinnawasee ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 194 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Household income$86,438 median, better than 73% of towns
Where Nipinnawasee ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nipinnawasee
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nipinnawasee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,438, 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 Nipinnawasee's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Nipinnawasee
Nipinnawasee 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 Nipinnawasee.
Who works in Nipinnawasee, and how
Work in Nipinnawasee centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Nipinnawasee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nipinnawasee.
What the weather is like in Nipinnawasee, month by month
Nipinnawasee sees roughly 194 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 37° | 32° |
| April | 53° | 44° | 38° |
| July | 78° | 69° | 63° |
| October | 62° | 53° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Nipinnawasee
The nearest airport, Merced Yosemite Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nipinnawasee
Schools across Nipinnawasee average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodland ElementaryC · 31% proficient
- Wasuma ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Yosemite HighA− · 63% proficient
- Mariposa County HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nipinnawasee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nipinnawasee 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 Nipinnawasee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nipinnawasee
Is Nipinnawasee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nipinnawasee ranks 25,003rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and civic engagement, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nipinnawasee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $415,251. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $86,438 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Nipinnawasee safe?
Nipinnawasee is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Nipinnawasee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nipinnawasee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nipinnawasee 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.
Nipinnawasee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nipinnawasee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nipinnawasee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nipinnawasee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nipinnawasee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nipinnawasee 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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