Best PlacesTurk, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Turk, 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.
Turk ranks 37,499th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Turk
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.
Turk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Turk ranks high
- Short commute17.1 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$102,441 median, better than 86% of towns
Where Turk ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Turk
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Turk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,441, 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 Turk'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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Turk
Turk's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Turk.
Who works in Turk, and how
Work in Turk centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Turk
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Turk.
What the weather is like in Turk, month by month
Turk sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 103 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| April | 81° | 63° | 45° |
| July | 103° | 84° | 63° |
| October | 85° | 66° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Turk
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Turk
Schools across Turk average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top high schools
- Coalinga HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Turk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Turk 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 Turk against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Turk
Is Turk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Turk ranks 37,499th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Turk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $291,765. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $102,441 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Turk safe?
Turk is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $527 per resident a year.
Compare Turk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Turk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Turk 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.
Turk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Turk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Turk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Turk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Turk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Turk 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.