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%

Colusa$2,140/mo

Typical home $372K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $1,132/mo · Housing →

Fowler$2,770/mo

Typical home $471K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $1,218/mo · Housing →

The difference: $640 a month, about $7,700 a year, between Fowler and Colusa.

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

Colusa places higher on 11 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

C+ColusaSafer than 35% of U.S. towns CFowlerSafer than 26% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−ColusaBetter than 45% of districts in the state BFowlerBetter than 55% of districts in the state

Health

CColusaHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns C−FowlerHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

11Colusa

9Fowler

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #180#719 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #255#8 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #537#205 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #568#288 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #211#12 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #275#65 Most educatedPeople · 844 towns #648#483 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #724#582

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

ColusaFowler

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 41°F

July high92°F 98°F

Growing season (days)293d 337d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)56th 44th

Outdoors & history

ColusaFowler

Trails7 mi 1 mi

Conserved land13.5%0.5%

Settled1850 1908

National Register places3 —

Archive photos6 2

Famous people born here8 —

Community

ColusaFowler

Library hours a week40 hrs 39 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

219 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ColusaCA FowlerCA

Colusa ↔ Fowler219 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

ColusaFowler

People

Population 6,505Lowest 7,094Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.4%Lowest CA: +6.1% +20.3%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 38.1±3.7Highest about the CA average 33.5±5.1Lowest 12% below CA

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

Kids under 18 30.2%±4.7Lowest CA: 22% 30.7%±4.9Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 17.4%±3.3Highest CA: 15.7% 11%±2.8Lowest CA: 15.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.8%Lowest CA: 37.1% 25.5%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±1.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 12.6%±3.3Highest CA: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $71,250±$11kHighest 28% below CA $66,983±$21kLowest 32% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $375,000±$29kLowest 49% below CA $379,800±$26kHighest 48% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,132±$74Lowest 44% below CA $1,218±$124Highest 40% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,210Lowest 57% below CA $2,919Highest 43% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 68.4%±14.9Highest CA: 55.3% 45.7%±15.2Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 18.1%Lowest CA: 12% 19.3%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.9%Lowest CA: 55.9% 62.7%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 4 yrs older than CA 1990Highest 14 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 31% below CA 22 minHighest 24% below CA

Work from home 4%±3Lowest CA: 17.2% 5.5%±3.4Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 25.2%Highest 8.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.93Lowest 1.01Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Williams (7%)Fresno (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FowlerFew work in Colusa

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 13.5%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.1 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.2Lowest 107Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #248 of 574 in CA #247 of 574 in CA

School district Colusa UnifiedFowler Unified

High school in town Colusa HighFowler High

Students per teacherat that high school 20.0Lowest 20.1Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Colusa vs Fowler

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $640 more a month in Fowler

Colusa places higher on 11 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

219 miles apart

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