Best PlacesVorden, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vorden, 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.
Vorden ranks 37,621st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vorden
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.
Vorden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vorden ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
Where Vorden ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,332 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vorden
A household needs to earn about $159,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vorden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,805, 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 Vorden's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Vorden
Vorden runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vorden.
Who works in Vorden, and how
Work in Vorden centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Vorden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vorden.
What the weather is like in Vorden, month by month
Vorden sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 60° | 46° |
| July | 96° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 82° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Vorden
Sacramento International sits about 29 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Vorden
Schools across Vorden average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elizabeth Pinkerton MiddleA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Cosumnes Oaks HighA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vorden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vorden 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 Vorden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vorden
Is Vorden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vorden ranks 37,621st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and cell coverage, and lowest on civic engagement and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vorden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $637,434. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $76,805 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Vorden safe?
Vorden is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $620 per resident a year.
Compare Vorden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vorden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vorden 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.
Vorden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vorden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vorden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vorden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vorden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vorden 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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