Best PlacesO'Neals, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around O'Neals, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
O'Neals ranks 34,008th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in O'Neals
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.
O'Neals' strengths and weaknesses
Where O'Neals ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 154 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Household income$106,506 median, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
Where O'Neals ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in O'Neals
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median O'Neals home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $106,506; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 O'Neals' effective rate of 0.67%, 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 O'Neals
O'Neals runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for O'Neals.
Who works in O'Neals, and how
Work in O'Neals centers on transportation & warehousing and real estate. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in O'Neals
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across O'Neals.
What the weather is like in O'Neals, month by month
O'Neals sees roughly 154 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 45° |
| July | 101° | 81° | 62° |
| October | 84° | 65° | 48° |
Flying in and out of O'Neals
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around O'Neals
Schools across O'Neals average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rivergold ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Coarsegold ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Minarets Charter HighB− · 43% proficient
- Minarets HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every O'Neals school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
O'Neals 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 O'Neals against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in O'Neals
Is O'Neals a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, O'Neals ranks 34,008th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, high incomes, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is O'Neals expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $433,869. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $106,506 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is O'Neals safe?
O'Neals is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $367 per resident a year.
Compare O'Neals with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to O'Neals. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in O'Neals 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.
O'Neals detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for O'Neals: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in O'Neals: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of O'Neals: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in O'Neals: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
O'Neals 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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