Best PlacesStarview, Redding, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Starview, Redding, 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.

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Starview, Redding ranks 3,408th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Starview, Redding

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Starview, Redding area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Starview, Redding's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%Short commutes
Top 10%Quiet
Top 10%Low crime
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Starview, Redding with other neighborhoods.

Where Starview, Redding ranks high

  • Short commute16.0 minutes each way, better than 96% of neighborhoods
  • QuietBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
  • Crime safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
  • Low vacancyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
  • Low property taxBetter than 90% of neighborhoods

Where Starview, Redding ranks low

  • Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
  • Internet speedBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
  • Big-city accessBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
  • Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Starview, Redding

A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Starview, Redding home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,308, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$92,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,139
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $363,643 home
Median rent
$1,572
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,854
Property tax$163
Homeowners insurance$121

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 Starview, Redding'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Starview, Redding

Starview, Redding runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
35
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
17%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.0
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3426%
35 to 4917%
50 to 6415%
65 and older17%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Starview, Redding.


Who works in Starview, Redding, and how

Work in Starview, Redding centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
8%
below the national average
Unemployment
1.1%
below the national average
Job growth
+5.0%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social16%
Retail trade12%
Public administration10%
Construction9%
Education8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 87%
  • Work from home 8%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 5%

Life in Starview, Redding

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Starview, Redding.


What the weather is like in Starview, Redding, month by month

Starview, Redding sees roughly 116 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
Show the monthly temperatures
MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January61°49°38°
April76°62°47°
July103°86°67°
October83°66°50°

Flying in and out of Starview, Redding

The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 134 miles away.

Nearest airport
RDD
Redding Regional, about 4 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
240th-busiest in the US, 4 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Starview, Redding

Schools across Starview, Redding average a C, better than 40% of neighborhoods.

Top elementary schools

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Starview, Redding school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Starview, Redding 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 Starview, Redding against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in Starview, Redding

Is Starview, Redding a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Starview, Redding ranks 3,408th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, quiet, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Starview, Redding expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $363,643. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $81,308 median income, cost of living beats 46% of neighborhoods.

Is Starview, Redding safe?

Yes, Starview, Redding is safer than 91% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Starview, Redding. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Starview, Redding 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.

Starview, Redding detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Starview, Redding: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Starview, Redding: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Starview, Redding: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Starview, Redding: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Starview, Redding detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.