Best PlacesOld Fig Garden, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Old Fig Garden, 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.
Old Fig Garden ranks 21,669th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Old Fig Garden
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.
Old Fig Garden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Old Fig Garden ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
Where Old Fig Garden ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,396 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Old Fig Garden
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Old Fig Garden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,305, 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 Old Fig Garden's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Old Fig Garden
Old Fig Garden's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Old Fig Garden.
Who works in Old Fig Garden, and how
Work in Old Fig Garden centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Old Fig Garden
Old Fig Garden has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Old Fig Garden and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Old Fig Garden, month by month
Old Fig Garden sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 51° |
| July | 102° | 86° | 70° |
| October | 83° | 68° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Old Fig Garden
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 123 miles away.
The best schools in and around Old Fig Garden
Schools across Old Fig Garden average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top high schools
- Phillip J Patino School Of EntrepreneurshipC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Old Fig Garden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Old Fig Garden 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 Old Fig Garden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Old Fig Garden
Is Old Fig Garden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Old Fig Garden ranks 21,669th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Old Fig Garden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $459,114. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $97,305 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Old Fig Garden safe?
Old Fig Garden is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $595 per resident a year.
Compare Old Fig Garden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Old Fig Garden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Old Fig Garden 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.
Old Fig Garden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Old Fig Garden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Old Fig Garden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Old Fig Garden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Old Fig Garden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Old Fig Garden 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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