Best PlacesTuttletown, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tuttletown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tuttletown ranks 30,539th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tuttletown
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.
Tuttletown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tuttletown ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Household income$107,023 median, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
Where Tuttletown ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tuttletown
A household needs to earn about $133,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tuttletown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,023, 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 Tuttletown's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Tuttletown
Tuttletown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tuttletown.
Who works in Tuttletown, and how
Work in Tuttletown centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tuttletown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tuttletown.
What the weather is like in Tuttletown, month by month
Tuttletown sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 43° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 61° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Tuttletown
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tuttletown
Schools across Tuttletown average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mark Twain ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Columbia ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Jamestown ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Sonora HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tuttletown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tuttletown 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 Tuttletown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tuttletown
Is Tuttletown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tuttletown ranks 30,539th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, civic engagement, and high incomes, and lowest on disaster risk and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tuttletown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $521,033. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $107,023 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Tuttletown safe?
Tuttletown is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
Compare Tuttletown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tuttletown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tuttletown 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.
Tuttletown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tuttletown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tuttletown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tuttletown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tuttletown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tuttletown 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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