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 →

Loomis$5,540/mo

Typical home $957K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $1,702/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,710 a month, about $32,500 a year, between Loomis and Angels.

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

Loomis places higher on 16 of 20 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 A−LoomisBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

BAngelsHealthier than 56% of U.S. towns A−LoomisHealthier than 85% of U.S. towns

4Angels

16Loomis

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #453#117 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #684#260 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #748#335 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #634#286 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #309#134 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #530#235 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #410#121 HealthiestHealth · 844 towns #473#205

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

AngelsLoomis

Snow a year0″—

January low38°F —

July high97°F —

Growing season (days)290d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 57th

Outdoors & history

AngelsLoomis

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.8%9.5%

Settled1848 1861

National Register places5 —

Archive photos12 18

Famous people born here5 6

Community

AngelsLoomis

Library hours a week23 hrs 34 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

62 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AngelsCA LoomisCA

Angels ↔ Loomis62 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

AngelsLoomis

People

Population 3,716Lowest 6,853Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.4%Lowest CA: +6.1% +6.3%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 55±11.2Highest 45% above CA 45.5±3.2Lowest 20% above CA

Angels and Loomis 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% 18.2%±4.2Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 31.8%±6.9Highest CA: 15.7% 20.7%±4.9Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.5%Lowest CA: 37.1% 38.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±3.2Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.4%±2.4Highest CA: 7.6%

Loomis 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 $81,487±$28kHighest 18% below CA

Loomis 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±$81kLowest 34% below CA $634,500±$48kHighest 14% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,833±$152Highest 10% below CA $1,702±$240Lowest 16% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,483Lowest 32% below CA $4,190Highest 18% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 94%±85Highest CA: 55.3% 73.3%±33.6Lowest CA: 55.3%

Angels and Loomis 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% 13.5%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.1%Lowest CA: 55.9% 87.4%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 11 yrs newer than CA 1980Lowest 4 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 48% below CA 24 minHighest 16% below CA

Work from home 14.6%±8.2Lowest CA: 17.2% 26.2%±7.7Highest CA: 17.2%

Loomis 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 5.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 46.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Lowest 1.59Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Murphys (4%)Roseville (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LoomisFew work in Angels

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 9.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 69.1Highest 37.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #453 of 574 in CA #117 of 574 in CA

School district Bret Harte Union High · Mark Twain Union ElementaryLoomis Union Elementary · Placer Union High

High school in town Bret Harte Union HighDel Oro High

Students per teacherat that high school 17.0Lowest 24.3Highest

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.

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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 Loomis

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,710 more a month in Loomis

Loomis places higher on 16 of 20 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

62 miles apart

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