Best PlacesTehama, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tehama, 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.
Tehama ranks 46,997th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tehama
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.
Tehama's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tehama ranks high
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Tehama ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tehama
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tehama home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,102, 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 Tehama's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Tehama
Tehama's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tehama.
Who works in Tehama, and how
Work in Tehama centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Tehama
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tehama.
What the weather is like in Tehama, month by month
Tehama sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 102° | 85° | 66° |
| October | 84° | 66° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Tehama
The nearest airport, Redding Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tehama
Schools across Tehama average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vina ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Richfield ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Los Molinos ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Corning HighD · 20% proficient
- Los Molinos HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tehama school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tehama 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 Tehama against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tehama
Is Tehama a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tehama ranks 46,997th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, transit, and biking, and lowest on summer heat and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tehama expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $379,263. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $56,102 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Tehama safe?
Tehama is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
Compare Tehama with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tehama. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tehama 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.
Tehama detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tehama: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tehama: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tehama: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tehama: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tehama 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.