Best PlacesRolinda, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rolinda, 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.
Rolinda ranks 46,388th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rolinda
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.
Rolinda's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rolinda ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 162 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Short commute20.1 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 67% of towns
Where Rolinda ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rolinda
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rolinda home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $58,878, 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 Rolinda's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Rolinda
Rolinda 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 Rolinda.
Who works in Rolinda, and how
Work in Rolinda centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rolinda
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rolinda.
What the weather is like in Rolinda, month by month
Rolinda sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 51° |
| July | 102° | 86° | 70° |
| October | 83° | 68° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Rolinda
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rolinda
Schools across Rolinda average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Goldenrod ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kerman MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Kerman HighC · 33% proficient
- Central East HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rolinda school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rolinda 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 Rolinda against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rolinda
Is Rolinda a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rolinda ranks 46,388th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and big-city access, 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 Rolinda expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $533,058. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $58,878 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Rolinda safe?
Rolinda is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $565 per resident a year.
Compare Rolinda with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rolinda. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rolinda 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.
Rolinda detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rolinda: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rolinda: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rolinda: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rolinda: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rolinda 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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