Best PlacesRequa, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Requa, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Requa ranks 49,899th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Requa
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.
Requa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Requa ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Requa ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$43,333 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Requa
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Requa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $43,333, 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 Requa's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Requa
Requa runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Requa.
Who works in Requa, and how
Work in Requa centers on hospitality & food and public administration. 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 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Requa
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Requa, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Requa, month by month
Requa sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 63 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 49° | 42° |
| April | 57° | 51° | 44° |
| July | 63° | 57° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Requa
The nearest airport, Jack McNamara Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 236 miles away.
The best schools in and around Requa
Schools across Requa average a D, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Orick ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Junction ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Del Norte HighC− · 30% proficient
- Mckinleyville HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Requa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Requa 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 Requa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Requa
Is Requa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Requa ranks 49,899th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, transit, and quiet, and lowest on internet speeds 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 Requa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $215,400. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $43,333 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Requa safe?
Requa is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $751 per resident a year.
Compare Requa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Requa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Requa 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.
Requa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Requa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Requa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Requa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Requa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Requa 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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