Best PlacesRiego, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Riego, 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.
Riego ranks 20,420th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Riego
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.
Riego's strengths and weaknesses
Where Riego ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$109,286 median, better than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Riego ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,327 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Riego
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Riego home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $109,286, 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 Riego's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Riego
Riego runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Riego.
Who works in Riego, and how
Work in Riego centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Riego
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Riego.
What the weather is like in Riego, month by month
Riego sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 46° |
| July | 97° | 77° | 60° |
| October | 82° | 65° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Riego
Sacramento International sits about 8 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 Riego
Schools across Riego average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant GroveC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Roseville HighB− · 42% proficient
- Center HighB− · 42% proficient
- East Nicolaus HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Riego school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Riego 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 Riego against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Riego
Is Riego a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Riego ranks 20,420th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on tree cover and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Riego expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $660,550. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $109,286 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Riego safe?
Riego is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $384 per resident a year.
Compare Riego with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Riego. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Riego 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.
Riego detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Riego: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Riego: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Riego: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Riego: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Riego 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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