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 →

Reedley$2,260/mo

Typical home $389K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,288/mo · Housing →

The difference: $790 a month, about $9,500 a year, between Bay Point and Reedley.

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

Bay Point places higher on 12 of 21 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.

Safety

–Bay PointNot graded C−ReedleySafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−Bay PointBetter than 54% of districts in the state B−ReedleyBetter than 48% of districts in the state

Health

CBay PointHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns DReedleyHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

12Bay Point

9Reedley

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #739#242 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #510#222 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #564#157 Cheapest rentCost of living · 830 towns #486#130 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #289#650 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #150#419 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #184#420 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #107#223

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 PointReedley

Snow a year0″0″

January low42°F 41°F

July high88°F 98°F

Growing season (days)346d 337d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 69th

Outdoors & history

Bay PointReedley

Trails3 mi 2 mi

Conserved land3.8%3.5%

Settled—1913

National Register places—2

Archive photos17 12

Famous people born here—6

Community

Bay PointReedley

Library hours a week35 hrs 51 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

170 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bay PointCA ReedleyCA

Bay Point ↔ Reedley170 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 PointReedley

People

Population 24,231Lowest 25,609Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11.9%Highest CA: +6.1% +4.3%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 32.5±1.7Highest 14% below CA 32.3±1.6Lowest 15% below CA

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

Kids under 18 26.3%±3.2Lowest CA: 22% 29.6%±3Highest CA: 22%

Reedley and Bay Point 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% 10.3%±1.4Highest CA: 15.7%

Reedley 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% 16%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±1.3Lowest CA: 7.6% 8%±1.4Highest CA: 7.6%

Reedley 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 $63,307±$6kLowest 36% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $525,000±$36kHighest 29% below CA $334,800±$15kLowest 54% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,063±$115Highest about the CA average $1,288±$70Lowest 37% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,642Highest 29% below CA $2,312Lowest 55% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.5%±8.6Lowest CA: 55.3% 56.1%±8.7Highest CA: 55.3%

Reedley and Bay Point 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% 22.3%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.6%Lowest CA: 55.9% 56.4%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 6 yrs newer than CA 1984Highest 8 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 36 minHighest 26% above CA 25 minLowest 14% below CA

Work from home 4.5%±1.7Lowest CA: 17.2% 5.9%±2.7Highest CA: 17.2%

Reedley 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 19.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 0.75Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Concord (11%)Fresno (17%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Highest 3.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.1 miHighest 1.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 48.6Lowest 117Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #510 of 574 in CA #222 of 574 in CA

School district Mt. Diablo UnifiedValley ROP · Kings Canyon Joint Unified

High school in town None in townReedley High

Students per teacherat that high school — 23.6

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 Reedley

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Where they part ways

A typical home costs $790 more a month in Bay Point

Bay Point places higher on 12 of 21 CA lists

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