Best PlacesToms Place, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Toms Place, 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.
Toms Place ranks 33,720th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Toms Place
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.
Toms Place's strengths and weaknesses
Where Toms Place ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 69% of towns
Where Toms Place ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,436 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Toms Place
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Toms Place home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,307; 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 Toms Place's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Toms Place
Toms Place 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 Toms Place.
Who works in Toms Place, and how
Work in Toms Place centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Toms Place
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Toms Place.
What the weather is like in Toms Place, month by month
Toms Place sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 39° | 23° |
| April | 77° | 58° | 36° |
| July | 102° | 82° | 57° |
| October | 80° | 58° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Toms Place
The nearest airport, Bishop, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Toms Place
Schools across Toms Place average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lee Vining ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Bishop ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Home Street MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Mammoth HighB · 48% proficient
- Bishop Union HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Lee Vining HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Toms Place school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Toms Place 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 Toms Place against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Toms Place
Is Toms Place a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Toms Place ranks 33,720th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and short commutes, 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 Toms Place expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,900. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $69,307 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Toms Place safe?
Toms Place is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $577 per resident a year.
Compare Toms Place with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Toms Place. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Toms Place 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.
Toms Place detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Toms Place: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Toms Place: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Toms Place: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Toms Place: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Toms Place 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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