Best PlacesWheatland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wheatland, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wheatland ranks 17,808th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wheatland
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.
Wheatland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wheatland ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
Where Wheatland ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,226 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wheatland
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wheatland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,631, 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 Wheatland's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Wheatland
Wheatland runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wheatland.
Who works in Wheatland, and how
Work in Wheatland centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wheatland
Wheatland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wheatland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wheatland, month by month
Wheatland sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 45° |
| July | 98° | 80° | 61° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Wheatland
Sacramento International sits about 24 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 Wheatland
Schools across Wheatland average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lone Tree ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Wheatland ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Browns ElementaryC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glen Edwards MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Bear RiverC+ · 37% proficient
- Yuba Gardens IntermediateD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln HighB · 48% proficient
- East Nicolaus HighC · 31% proficient
- Lindhurst HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wheatland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wheatland 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 Wheatland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wheatland
Is Wheatland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wheatland ranks 17,808th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, walkability, and biking, and lowest on taxes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wheatland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $454,592. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $88,631 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Wheatland safe?
Yes, Wheatland is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Wheatland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wheatland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wheatland 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.
Wheatland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wheatland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wheatland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wheatland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wheatland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wheatland 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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