Best PlacesWalker Landing, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Walker Landing, 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.
Walker Landing ranks 31,236th 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 Walker Landing
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.
Walker Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Walker Landing ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Household income$115,184 median, better than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 74% of towns
Where Walker Landing ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,373 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Walker Landing
A household needs to earn about $218,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Walker Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,184, 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 Walker Landing's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Walker Landing
Walker Landing runs younger than the country, 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 Walker Landing.
Who works in Walker Landing, and how
Work in Walker Landing centers on construction and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Walker Landing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Walker Landing.
What the weather is like in Walker Landing, month by month
Walker Landing sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 75° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 93° | 72° | 57° |
| October | 83° | 64° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Walker Landing
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 34 miles away.
The best schools in and around Walker Landing
Schools across Walker Landing average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Riverview MiddleF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Walker Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Walker Landing 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 Walker Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Walker Landing
Is Walker Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Walker Landing ranks 31,236th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and high incomes, and lowest on civic engagement and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Walker Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $853,037. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $115,184 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Walker Landing safe?
Walker Landing is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $786 per resident a year.
Compare Walker Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Walker Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Walker Landing 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.
Walker Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Walker Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Walker Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Walker Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Walker Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Walker Landing 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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