Best PlacesOak Run, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Run, 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.
Oak Run ranks 35,249th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Run
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.
Oak Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Run ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- Household income$80,219 median, better than 64% of towns
- School gradeB−, better than 58% of towns
Where Oak Run ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% 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
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Run
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,219, 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 Oak Run's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Oak Run
Oak Run runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oak Run.
Who works in Oak Run, and how
Work in Oak Run centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Oak Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oak Run.
What the weather is like in Oak Run, month by month
Oak Run sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 103° | 86° | 67° |
| October | 83° | 66° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Oak Run
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 140 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oak Run
Schools across Oak Run average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millville ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Bella Vista ElementaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Oak Run ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Foothill HighB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Run 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 Oak Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Run
Is Oak Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Run ranks 35,249th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $399,550. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $80,219 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Oak Run safe?
Yes, Oak Run is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $284 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Run 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.
Oak Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Run 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.