Best PlacesWilton, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilton, 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.
Wilton ranks 2,871st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilton
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.
Wilton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilton ranks high
- Household income$172,817 median, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
Where Wilton ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,332 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilton
A household needs to earn about $237,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $172,817, 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 Wilton's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Wilton
Wilton runs older 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 Wilton.
Who works in Wilton, and how
Work in Wilton centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wilton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilton.
What the weather is like in Wilton, month by month
Wilton sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 96° | 77° | 60° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Wilton
Sacramento International sits about 28 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 Wilton
Schools across Wilton average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Grove ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- C. W. Dillard ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Katherine L. Albiani MiddleA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant Grove HighA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilton 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 Wilton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilton
Is Wilton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilton ranks 2,871st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, what local pay buys, and big-city access, and lowest on tree cover and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $922,085. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $172,817 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Wilton safe?
Wilton is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
Compare Wilton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilton 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.
Wilton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilton 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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