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

C−ChinoSafer than 21% of U.S. towns C+TracySafer than 36% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−ChinoBetter than 80% of districts in the state B−TracyBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Health

BChinoHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns B+TracyHealthier than 70% of U.S. towns

9Chino

13Tracy

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #372#117 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #204#519 SafestSafety · 411 towns #281#161 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #448#283 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #440#213 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #447#572 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #672#809 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #184#52

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Chino

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%

Chino$4,380/mo

Typical home $746K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $2,336/mo · Housing →

Tracy$3,970/mo

Typical home $673K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $2,478/mo · Housing →

The difference: $410 a month, about $4,900 a year, between Chino and Tracy.

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.

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

ChinoTracy

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 41°F

July high90°F 93°F

Growing season (days)354d 330d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)99th 76th

Outdoors & history

ChinoTracy

Trails24 mi 11 mi

Conserved land12%2.3%

Settled1910 —

National Register places2 5

Archive photos15 23

Famous people born here22 15

Community

ChinoTracy

Library hours a week24 hrs 50 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

334 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ChinoCA TracyCA

Chino ↔ Tracy334 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

ChinoTracy

People

Population 92,652Lowest 96,966Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +17.2%Highest CA: +6.1% +12.2%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 36.2±0.7Highest 4% below CA 35.6±0.7Lowest 6% below CA

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

Kids under 18 24.6%±1.4Lowest CA: 22% 26.5%±1.5Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 12.2%±0.9Highest CA: 15.7% 11.3%±0.8Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.2%Lowest CA: 37.1% 28.5%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±0.7Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.6%±0.7Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $104,682±$5kLowest 6% above CA $121,119±$6kHighest 22% above CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $683,400±$15kLowest 7% below CA $699,000±$11kHighest 5% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,336±$90Lowest 15% above CA $2,478±$87Highest 22% above CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,175Lowest about the CA average $5,555Highest 8% above CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63.1%±7.1Highest CA: 55.3% 52.2%±5.4Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 8%Highest CA: 12% 7.8%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64%Lowest CA: 55.9% 65%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Lowest 11 yrs newer than CA 1995Highest 19 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minLowest 15% above CA 43 minHighest 48% above CA

Work from home 15.2%±1.8Highest CA: 17.2% 14.7%±1.6Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 10.6%Lowest 17.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 28.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.24Highest 1.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Los Angeles (9%)Livermore (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TracyFew work in Chino

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12%Highest 2.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 23.5 miHighest 10.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 36Lowest 76Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.6Lowest 106Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #448 of 574 in CA #283 of 574 in CA

School district Allegiance STEAM Academy - Thrive District · Chino Valley UnifiedTracy Joint Unified · Jefferson Elementary

High school in town Chino HighMerrill F. West High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.9Highest 21.4Lowest

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.

Chino vs Tracy

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Tracy places higher on 13 of 22 CA lists

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Chino

What daily life feels like in each

334 miles apart

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