Best PlacesShingletown, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shingletown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Shingletown ranks 39,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Shingletown
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.
Shingletown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shingletown ranks high
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 72% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 69% of towns
Where Shingletown ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shingletown
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shingletown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,981; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Shingletown'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shingletown
Shingletown 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 Shingletown.
Who works in Shingletown, and how
Work in Shingletown centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Shingletown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shingletown.
What the weather is like in Shingletown, month by month
Shingletown sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 103° | 86° | 67° |
| October | 83° | 66° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Shingletown
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shingletown
Schools across Shingletown average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plum Valley ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- North CottonwoodC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Cottonwood Junior HighB− · 40% proficient
- Berrendos MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Foothill HighB · 49% proficient
- Red Bluff HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shingletown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shingletown 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 Shingletown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shingletown
Is Shingletown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shingletown ranks 39,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shingletown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,087. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $69,981 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Shingletown safe?
Yes, Shingletown is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Shingletown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shingletown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shingletown 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.
Shingletown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shingletown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shingletown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shingletown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shingletown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shingletown 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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