Best PlacesWildflower, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wildflower, 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.
Wildflower ranks 31,750th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wildflower
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.
Wildflower's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wildflower ranks high
- Household income$125,825 median, better than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.2 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Wildflower ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wildflower
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wildflower home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $125,825, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Wildflower's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Wildflower
Wildflower runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wildflower.
Who works in Wildflower, and how
Work in Wildflower centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Wildflower
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wildflower.
What the weather is like in Wildflower, month by month
Wildflower sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 80° | 63° | 47° |
| July | 102° | 85° | 64° |
| October | 84° | 65° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Wildflower
The nearest airport, Fresno Yosemite International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wildflower
Schools across Wildflower average a D+, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Laton ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Abraham Lincoln MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Laton MiddleF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingsburg HighB− · 44% proficient
- Selma HighB− · 43% proficient
- Laton HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wildflower school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wildflower 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 Wildflower against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wildflower
Is Wildflower a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wildflower ranks 31,750th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wildflower expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $472,800. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $125,825 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Wildflower safe?
Wildflower is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $710 per resident a year.
Compare Wildflower with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wildflower. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wildflower 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.
Wildflower detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wildflower: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wildflower: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wildflower: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wildflower: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wildflower 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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