Best PlacesPentz, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pentz, 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.
Pentz ranks 47,158th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Pentz
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.
Pentz's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pentz ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 75% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 62% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 60% of towns
- BikingBetter than 47% of towns
Where Pentz ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pentz
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pentz home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,083, 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 Pentz's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Pentz
Pentz 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 Pentz.
Who works in Pentz, and how
Work in Pentz 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 74%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pentz
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pentz.
What the weather is like in Pentz, month by month
Pentz sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 100° | 83° | 66° |
| October | 82° | 66° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Pentz
Sacramento International sits about 67 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pentz
Schools across Pentz average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Durham ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Concow ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Durham IntermediateC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Durham HighB · 47% proficient
- Oroville HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pentz school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pentz 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 Pentz against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pentz
Is Pentz a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pentz ranks 47,158th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pentz expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $445,008. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $51,083 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Pentz safe?
Pentz is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $529 per resident a year.
Compare Pentz with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pentz. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pentz 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.
Pentz detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pentz: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pentz: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pentz: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pentz: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pentz 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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