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 →

Gustine$2,390/mo

Typical home $422K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $1,395/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Gustine 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 14 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.

Safety

C+ColusaSafer than 35% of U.S. towns C+GustineSafer than 43% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−ColusaBetter than 45% of districts in the state B+GustineBetter than 68% of districts in the state

Health

CColusaHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns C−GustineHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns

14Colusa

4Gustine

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #77#714 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #180#469 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #255#401 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #537#283 Most educatedPeople · 844 towns #648#781 SafestSafety · 411 towns #173#119 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #275#171 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #624#728

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

ColusaGustine

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 38°F

July high92°F 100°F

Growing season (days)293d 273d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)56th 85th

Outdoors & history

ColusaGustine

Trails7 mi 0 mi

Conserved land13.5%3.1%

Settled1850 1915

National Register places3 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here8 —

Community

ColusaGustine

Library hours a week40 hrs 19 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

145 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ColusaCA GustineCA

Colusa ↔ Gustine145 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

ColusaGustine

People

Population 6,505Highest 6,133Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.4%Lowest CA: +6.1% +10.7%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 38.1±3.7Lowest about the CA average 44.1±6.6Highest 16% above CA

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

Kids under 18 30.2%±4.7Highest CA: 22% 19.7%±7.6Lowest CA: 22%

Colusa and Gustine 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% 17.3%±4.4Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.8%Highest CA: 37.1% 7.9%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±1.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.4%±5.4Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $71,250±$11kHighest 28% below CA $59,532±$14kLowest 40% below CA

Colusa and Gustine 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 $441,700±$26kHighest 40% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,132±$74Lowest 44% below CA $1,395±$190Highest 31% below CA

Gustine 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 $2,275Highest 56% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 68.4%±14.9Highest CA: 55.3% 35.4%±21.7Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 18.1%Highest CA: 12% 4%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.9%Highest CA: 55.9% 56.6%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 4 yrs older than CA 1988Highest 12 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 31% below CA 34 minHighest 20% above CA

Work from home 4%±3Highest CA: 17.2% 1.9%±2.2Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 25.2%Highest 13.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.93Highest 0.55Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Williams (7%)Newman (5%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 13.5%Highest 3.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.1 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.2Lowest 92.8Highest

Schools

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

School district Colusa UnifiedGustine Unified

High school in town Colusa HighGustine High

Students per teacherat that high school 20.0Highest 19.5Lowest

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.

Colusa vs Gustine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Gustine

Colusa places higher on 14 of 20 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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