Best PlacesShingle Springs, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shingle 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.
Shingle Springs ranks 2,447th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shingle 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.
Shingle Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Shingle Springs ranks high
- Household income$163,036 median, better than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 168 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Shingle Springs ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,556 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shingle Springs
A household needs to earn about $216,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shingle Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $163,036, 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 Shingle Springs' effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Shingle Springs
Shingle Springs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shingle Springs.
Who works in Shingle Springs, and how
Work in Shingle Springs centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Shingle Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shingle Springs.
What the weather is like in Shingle Springs, month by month
Shingle Springs sees roughly 168 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 46° | 41° |
| April | 65° | 55° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 64° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Shingle Springs
Sacramento International sits about 34 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 Shingle Springs
Schools across Shingle Springs average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Latrobe ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Rescue ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Oak Meadow ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miller's HillA · 62% proficient
- Pleasant Grove MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Ridge HighA− · 61% proficient
- Ponderosa HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Union Mine HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shingle Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shingle 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 Shingle Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shingle Springs
Is Shingle Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shingle Springs ranks 2,447th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shingle Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $834,881. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $163,036 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Shingle Springs safe?
Yes, Shingle Springs is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Shingle Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shingle Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shingle 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.
Shingle Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shingle Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shingle Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shingle Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shingle Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shingle 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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