Best PlacesRichardson Springs, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Richardson Springs, 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.
Richardson Springs ranks 12,123rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Richardson Springs
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.
Richardson Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Richardson Springs ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$117,188 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Richardson Springs ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,205 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Richardson Springs
A household needs to earn about $194,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Richardson Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $117,188, 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 Richardson Springs' effective rate of 0.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Richardson Springs
Richardson Springs 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 Richardson Springs.
Who works in Richardson Springs, and how
Work in Richardson Springs centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Richardson Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Richardson Springs.
What the weather is like in Richardson Springs, month by month
Richardson Springs sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 69° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Richardson Springs
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Richardson Springs
Schools across Richardson Springs average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shasta ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bidwell Junior HighD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant Valley HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Richardson Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Richardson Springs 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 Richardson Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Richardson Springs
Is Richardson Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Richardson Springs ranks 12,123rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, an educated workforce, and population health, and lowest on taxes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Richardson Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $740,300. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $117,188 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Richardson Springs safe?
Richardson Springs is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $456 per resident a year.
Compare Richardson Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Richardson Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Richardson Springs 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.
Richardson Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Richardson Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Richardson Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Richardson Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Richardson Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Richardson Springs 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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