A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Angels$2,830/mo

Typical home $485K (Census) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $1,833/mo · Housing →

Cherry Valley$2,380/mo

Typical home $408K (Census) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $1,399/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Angels and Cherry Valley.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Cherry Valley places higher on 12 of 19 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+AngelsBetter than 68% of districts in the state –Cherry ValleyNot graded

Health

BAngelsHealthier than 56% of U.S. towns B−Cherry ValleyHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns

7Angels

12Cherry Valley

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #16#742 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #684#223 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #429#730 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #562#337 Lowest obesityHealth · 844 towns #387#666 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #748#532 Cheapest rentCost of living · 830 towns #375#165 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #211#52

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Angels’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AngelsCherry Valley

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 40°F

July high97°F 95°F

Growing season (days)290d 315d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 100th

Outdoors & history

AngelsCherry Valley

Trails2 mi 9 mi

Conserved land0.8%11.3%

Settled1848 —

National Register places5 —

Archive photos12 8

Famous people born here5 1

Community

AngelsCherry Valley

Library hours a week23 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

346 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AngelsCA Cherry ValleyCA

Angels ↔ Cherry Valley346 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

AngelsCherry Valley

People

Population 3,716Lowest 6,668Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.4%Lowest CA: +6.1% +2.3%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 55±11.2Highest 45% above CA 51.1±10.7Lowest 35% above CA

Angels and Cherry Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 23.1%±8Highest CA: 22% 17.9%±4.5Lowest CA: 22%

Angels and Cherry Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 31.8%±6.9Lowest CA: 15.7% 32.9%±7.9Highest CA: 15.7%

Cherry Valley and Angels are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.5%Highest CA: 37.1% 19.9%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±3.2Lowest CA: 7.6% 5.8%±2.1Highest CA: 7.6%

Cherry Valley and Angels are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,188±$15kLowest 37% below CA $76,895±$16kHighest 22% below CA

Cherry Valley and Angels are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $484,800±$81kHighest 34% below CA $408,000±$38kLowest 44% below CA

Angels and Cherry Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,833±$152Highest 10% below CA $1,399±$215Lowest 31% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,483Highest 32% below CA $2,917Lowest 43% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 94%±85Highest CA: 55.3% 80.1%±11.9Lowest CA: 55.3%

Angels and Cherry Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 11.2%Lowest CA: 12% 13.2%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.1%Lowest CA: 55.9% 83.1%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 11 yrs newer than CA 1975Lowest 1 yr older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 48% below CA 36 minHighest 26% above CA

Work from home 14.6%±8.2Lowest CA: 17.2% 18.1%±5.9Highest CA: 17.2%

Cherry Valley and Angels are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 11.2%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 46.3 miHighest 22.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Highest 0.44Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Murphys (4%)San Bernardino (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cherry ValleyFew work in Angels

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 11.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 9.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 69.1Highest 22.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #453 of 574 in CA—

School district Bret Harte Union High · Mark Twain Union Elementary—

High school in town Bret Harte Union High—

Students per teacherat that high school 17.0 —

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Angels neighborsTown Square →

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Angels vs Cherry Valley

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Angels

Cherry Valley places higher on 12 of 19 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

346 miles apart

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