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

BFirebaughSafer than 63% of U.S. towns C−LindsaySafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+FirebaughBetter than 42% of districts in the state B+LindsayBetter than 66% of districts in the state

Health

D−FirebaughHealthier than 1% of U.S. towns DLindsayHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

8Firebaugh

14Lindsay

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

Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #54#296 SafestSafety · 411 towns #47#260 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #12#272 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #371#181 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #563#305 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #568#420 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #295#423 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #598#506

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Firebaugh$1,960/mo

Typical home $340K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $982/mo · Housing →

Lindsay$1,830/mo

Typical home $313K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,009/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,500 a year, between Firebaugh and Lindsay.

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

FirebaughLindsay

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 37°F

July high96°F 96°F

Growing season (days)281d 284d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 31st

Outdoors & history

FirebaughLindsay

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land1.6%2.6%

Settled1914 1910

Archive photos18 12

Community

FirebaughLindsay

Library hours a week32 hrs 26 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

88 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FirebaughCA LindsayCA

Firebaugh ↔ Lindsay88 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

FirebaughLindsay

People

Population 8,392Lowest 12,643Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.2%Lowest CA: +6.1% +7.6%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 31.4±4.1Highest 17% below CA 31±2.7Lowest 18% below CA

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

Kids under 18 35.1%±6.2Highest CA: 22% 32.4%±4.6Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 11.5%±3.2Highest CA: 15.7% 10.7%±2.7Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 4.8%Lowest CA: 37.1% 5.7%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.7Highest CA: 7.6% 4.1%±1.4Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,734±$4kLowest 52% below CA $53,201±$9kHighest 46% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $242,400±$21kLowest 67% below CA $286,400±$27kHighest 61% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $982±$111Lowest 52% below CA $1,009±$97Highest 50% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,548Lowest 70% below CA $2,136Highest 58% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54%±16.6Highest CA: 55.3% 48.9%±8.4Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 36.6%Highest CA: 12% 33.1%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 46.7%Lowest CA: 55.9% 49.5%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 17 yrs newer than CA 1981Lowest 5 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 10% below CA 28 minHighest about the CA average

Work from home 3.4%±3.4Lowest CA: 17.2% 6.1%±4.4Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.1%Highest 15.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.53Lowest 0.63Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fresno (15%)Visalia (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LindsayFew work in Firebaugh

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 48.7Lowest 88.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #371 of 574 in CA #181 of 574 in CA

School district Firebaugh-Las Deltas UnifiedLindsay Unified

High school in town Firebaugh HighLindsay Senior High

Students per teacherat that high school 18.6Lowest 19.8Highest

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.

Firebaugh vs Lindsay

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Lindsay places higher on 14 of 22 CA lists

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

88 miles apart

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