Best PlacesYolano, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yolano, 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.
Yolano ranks 21,457th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yolano
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.
Yolano's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yolano ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$108,098 median, better than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 85% of towns
Where Yolano ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yolano
A household needs to earn about $239,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yolano home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,098, 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 Yolano's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Yolano
Yolano 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 Yolano.
Who works in Yolano, and how
Work in Yolano centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Yolano
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yolano.
What the weather is like in Yolano, month by month
Yolano sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 49° | 42° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 95° | 75° | 58° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Yolano
Sacramento International sits about 20 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 Yolano
Schools across Yolano average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top middle schools
- John Knight MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Davis Senior HighA+ · 89% proficient
- Dixon HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yolano school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yolano 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 Yolano against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yolano
Is Yolano a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yolano ranks 21,457th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on civic engagement and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yolano expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $907,293. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $108,098 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Yolano safe?
Yolano is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Yolano with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yolano. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yolano 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.
Yolano detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yolano: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yolano: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yolano: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yolano: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yolano 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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