Best PlacesRichgrove, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Richgrove, 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.
Richgrove ranks 46,435th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Richgrove
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.
Richgrove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Richgrove ranks high
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 69% of towns
Where Richgrove ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Richgrove
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Richgrove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,804, 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 Richgrove's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Richgrove
Richgrove 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 Richgrove.
Who works in Richgrove, and how
Work in Richgrove centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Richgrove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Richgrove.
What the weather is like in Richgrove, month by month
Richgrove sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 46° |
| July | 101° | 84° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 66° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Richgrove
The nearest airport, Meadows Field, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Richgrove
Schools across Richgrove average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Columbine ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Blake ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Browning Road Steam AcademyF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mcfarland Junior HighD− · 14% proficient
- Earlimart MiddleF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Cesar E. Chavez HighB− · 41% proficient
- Mcfarland High School Early CollegeD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Richgrove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Richgrove 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 Richgrove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Richgrove
Is Richgrove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Richgrove ranks 46,435th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and the weather, and lowest on civic engagement and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Richgrove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $332,320. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $67,804 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Richgrove safe?
Richgrove is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $707 per resident a year.
Compare Richgrove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Richgrove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Richgrove 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.
Richgrove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Richgrove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Richgrove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Richgrove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Richgrove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Richgrove 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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