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%

Corning$1,710/mo

Typical home $300K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $961/mo · Housing →

Orland$2,270/mo

Typical home $395K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $1,146/mo · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,700 a year, between Orland and Corning.

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

Orland places higher on 15 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−CorningSafer than 15% of U.S. towns C+OrlandSafer than 43% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−CorningBetter than 17% of districts in the state COrlandBetter than 28% of districts in the state

Health

CCorningHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns COrlandHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns

5Corning

15Orland

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

SafestSafety · 411 towns #325#126 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #210#10 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #267#114 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #344#211 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #638#516 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #680#568 Most educatedPeople · 844 towns #675#732 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #359#303

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

CorningOrland

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 38°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)279d 279d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 72nd

Outdoors & history

CorningOrland

Trails3 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.2%2.4%

Settled1907 1909

National Register places1 —

Archive photos16 —

Famous people born here6 —

Community

CorningOrland

Library hours a week29 hrs 40 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

13 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

CorningOrland

Corning ↔ Orland13 miles apart

Who commutes between them

70 Orland residents work in Corning (1.9% of its workers)

66 Corning residents work in Orland (2.2% of its workers)

Work & commute in Orland →

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

CorningOrland

People

Population 8,155Lowest 8,357Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.6%Lowest CA: +6.1% +13.8%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 31.3±2.4Lowest 17% below CA 33.3±1.8Highest 12% below CA

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

Kids under 18 31.7%±4.8Lowest CA: 22% 34.2%±4.6Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 10.1%±2.6Lowest CA: 15.7% 13.9%±2.8Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.5%Highest CA: 37.1% 11.6%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.3Highest CA: 7.6% 2.2%±1Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,627±$9kLowest 43% below CA $64,945±$8kHighest 34% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $313,100±$22kLowest 57% below CA $342,200±$15kHighest 53% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $961±$182Lowest 53% below CA $1,146±$129Highest 44% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,729Lowest 66% below CA $2,109Highest 59% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.7%±12Highest CA: 55.3% 49.8%±13.1Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 17.9%Highest CA: 12% 16.9%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 52.2%Lowest CA: 55.9% 58.7%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Lowest 3 yrs newer than CA 1984Highest 8 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 37% below CA 20 minHighest 29% below CA

Work from home 7%±3.7Lowest CA: 17.2% 7.4%±4Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 14.7%Lowest 15.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.71Highest 0.52Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Chico (12%)Chico (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Orland2% work in Corning

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 2.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.0 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 5Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.6Lowest 88.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #451 of 574 in CA #444 of 574 in CA

School district Corning Union Elementary · Corning Union HighOrland Joint Unified · Glenn County Office of Education

High school in town Corning Union HighOrland High

Students per teacherat that high school 18.0Lowest 18.3Highest

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.

Corning vs Orland

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Orland

Orland places higher on 15 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

13 miles apart

What matters to you?

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