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%

Bay Point$3,060/mo

Typical home $525K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $2,063/mo · Housing →

Chowchilla$2,320/mo

Typical home $390K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $1,178/mo · Housing →

The difference: $740 a month, about $8,900 a year, between Bay Point and Chowchilla.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Safety

–Bay PointNot graded CChowchillaSafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−Bay PointBetter than 54% of districts in the state C+ChowchillaBetter than 36% of districts in the state

Health

CBay PointHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns DChowchillaHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns

10Bay Point

10Chowchilla

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #184#680 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #739#300 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #150#561 Cheapest rentCost of living · 830 towns #486#77 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #289#687 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #421#727 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #530#813 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #510#352

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bay Point’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

Bay PointChowchilla

Snow a year0″0″

January low42°F 38°F

July high88°F 96°F

Growing season (days)346d 281d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 53rd

Outdoors & history

Bay PointChowchilla

Trails3 mi 8 mi

Conserved land3.8%0.4%

Settled—1923

Archive photos17 9

Famous people born here—2

Community

Bay PointChowchilla

Library hours a week35 hrs 26 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

113 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bay PointCA ChowchillaCA

Bay Point ↔ Chowchilla113 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

Bay PointChowchilla

People

Population 24,231Highest 19,020Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11.9%Highest CA: +6.1% +1.7%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 32.5±1.7Lowest 14% below CA 34.2±1.8Highest 10% below CA

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

Kids under 18 26.3%±3.2Highest CA: 22% 24.4%±3Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 9.4%±1.3Lowest CA: 15.7% 10%±1.6Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.2%Lowest CA: 37.1% 15.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±1.3Lowest CA: 7.6% 8.4%±1.9Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $82,565±$5kHighest 17% below CA $66,514±$7kLowest 33% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $525,000±$36kHighest 29% below CA $364,000±$21kLowest 50% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,063±$115Highest about the CA average $1,178±$70Lowest 42% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,642Highest 29% below CA $3,064Lowest 40% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.5%±8.6Highest CA: 55.3% 51.1%±8.2Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 14.4%Lowest CA: 12% 19.6%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.6%Lowest CA: 55.9% 57.3%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 6 yrs newer than CA 1992Highest 16 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 36 minHighest 26% above CA 26 minLowest 10% below CA

Work from home 4.5%±1.7Lowest CA: 17.2% 8.3%±2.6Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.4%Lowest 20.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 26.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 1.00Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Concord (11%)Fresno (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ChowchillaFew work in Bay Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.1 miLowest 8.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 48.6Highest 35.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #510 of 574 in CA #352 of 574 in CA

School district Mt. Diablo UnifiedChowchilla Elementary · Chowchilla Union High

High school in town None in townChowchilla Union High

Students per teacherat that high school — 21.1

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

Deciding?

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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.

Bay Point vs Chowchilla

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $740 more a month in Bay Point

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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