Best PlacesSpanish Ranch, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spanish Ranch, 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.
Spanish Ranch ranks 36,387th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spanish Ranch
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.
Spanish Ranch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spanish Ranch ranks high
- Short commute10.7 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 79% of towns
- Household income$90,692 median, better than 77% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
Where Spanish Ranch ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spanish Ranch
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spanish Ranch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,692, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Spanish Ranch's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spanish Ranch
Spanish Ranch 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 Spanish Ranch.
Who works in Spanish Ranch, and how
Work in Spanish Ranch centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Spanish Ranch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spanish Ranch.
What the weather is like in Spanish Ranch, month by month
Spanish Ranch sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 65° | 50° | 36° |
| July | 93° | 75° | 54° |
| October | 68° | 48° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Spanish Ranch
The nearest airport, Reno/Tahoe International, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spanish Ranch
Schools across Spanish Ranch average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top high schools
- Quincy Junior/senior HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spanish Ranch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spanish Ranch 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 Spanish Ranch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spanish Ranch
Is Spanish Ranch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spanish Ranch ranks 36,387th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, the weather, and population health, and lowest on a weak job market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spanish Ranch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,307. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $90,692 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Spanish Ranch safe?
Spanish Ranch is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $554 per resident a year.
Compare Spanish Ranch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spanish Ranch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spanish Ranch 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.
Spanish Ranch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spanish Ranch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spanish Ranch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spanish Ranch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spanish Ranch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spanish Ranch 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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