Best PlacesVinton, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vinton, 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.
Vinton ranks 43,682nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vinton
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.
Vinton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vinton ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 71% of towns
- QuietBetter than 70% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 63% of towns
Where Vinton ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vinton
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vinton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,318, 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 Vinton's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Vinton
Vinton'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 Vinton.
Who works in Vinton, and how
Work in Vinton centers on wholesale trade and arts & entertainment. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Vinton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vinton.
What the weather is like in Vinton, month by month
Vinton sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 33° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 54° |
| October | 67° | 50° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Vinton
The nearest airport, Reno/Tahoe International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vinton
Schools across Vinton average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sierra PrimaryD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Sage MiddleD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Loyalton HighC− · 27% proficient
- Herlong HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vinton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vinton 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 Vinton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vinton
Is Vinton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vinton ranks 43,682nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vinton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $431,654. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $54,318 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Vinton safe?
Vinton is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $453 per resident a year.
Compare Vinton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vinton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vinton 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.
Vinton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vinton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vinton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vinton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vinton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vinton 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.