Best PlacesSeiad Valley, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seiad Valley, 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.
Seiad Valley ranks 48,243rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Seiad Valley
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.
Seiad Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seiad Valley ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 134 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of towns
Where Seiad Valley ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seiad Valley
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seiad Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,588, 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 Seiad Valley's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Seiad Valley
Seiad Valley runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seiad Valley.
Who works in Seiad Valley, and how
Work in Seiad Valley centers on public administration and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Seiad Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Seiad Valley.
What the weather is like in Seiad Valley, month by month
Seiad Valley sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 50° | 33° |
| July | 97° | 77° | 55° |
| October | 72° | 53° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Seiad Valley
The nearest airport, Rogue Valley International/Medford, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 234 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seiad Valley
Schools across Seiad Valley average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Klamath River ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Seiad ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Happy Camp Union ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Yreka HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Happy Camp HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seiad Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seiad Valley 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 Seiad Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seiad Valley
Is Seiad Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seiad Valley ranks 48,243rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and a stable housing market, and lowest on cell coverage and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seiad Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,175. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $55,588 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Seiad Valley safe?
Seiad Valley is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $921 per resident a year.
Compare Seiad Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seiad Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seiad Valley 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.
Seiad Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seiad Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seiad Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seiad Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seiad Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seiad Valley 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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