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%

Florin$2,410/mo

Typical home $419K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $1,622/mo · Housing →

Lompoc$3,410/mo

Typical home $595K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.58% · or rent about $1,589/mo · Housing →

The difference: $990 a month, about $11,900 a year, between Lompoc and Florin.

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

Florin places higher on 12 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

–FlorinNot graded C−LompocSafer than 24% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+FlorinBetter than 69% of districts in the state B+LompocBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

CFlorinHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns CLompocHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns

12Florin

6Lompoc

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #318#734 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #86#411 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #182#401 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #623#458 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #98#164 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #288#420 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #522#624 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #568#667

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

FlorinLompoc

Snow a year0″0″

January low41°F 43°F

July high94°F 73°F

Growing season (days)341d 335d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 83rd

Outdoors & history

FlorinLompoc

Trails2 mi 9 mi

Conserved land2.3%3.1%

Settled—1888

National Register places—3

Archive photos—23

Famous people born here1 34

Community

FlorinLompoc

Library hours a week39 hrs 44 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

269 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FlorinCA LompocCA

Florin ↔ Lompoc269 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

FlorinLompoc

People

Population 50,211Highest 43,646Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +10.3%Highest CA: +6.1% +4.7%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 35.4±1.3Highest 7% below CA 35.1±1.4Lowest 7% below CA

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

Kids under 18 23.4%±1.5Lowest CA: 22% 26.1%±2.1Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 15%±1Highest CA: 15.7% 13%±1.2Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.9%Highest CA: 37.1% 13.7%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.1%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6% 5.4%±1Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $71,111±$5kLowest 28% below CA $72,004±$7kHighest 27% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $386,900±$14kLowest 47% below CA $472,900±$13kHighest 36% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,622±$76Highest 20% below CA $1,589±$63Lowest 22% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,382Lowest 54% below CA $2,737Highest 47% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.1%±7Lowest CA: 55.3% 54%±6.2Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 15.7%Lowest CA: 12% 17.3%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.1%Highest CA: 55.9% 49%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Highest 8 yrs newer than CA 1976Lowest same as CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 7% below CA 28 minHighest 4% below CA

Work from home 9.6%±1.7Highest CA: 17.2% 7.1%±1.6Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.9%Lowest 22.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.71Highest 0.45Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sacramento (30%)Santa Barbara (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LompocFew work in Florin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.3%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miLowest 8.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Highest 11Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 135Highest 72.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #402 of 574 in CA #393 of 574 in CA

School district Elk Grove Unified · Sacramento County Office of EducationLompoc Unified

High school in town Florin HighLompoc High

Students per teacherat that high school 18.3Lowest 19.5Highest

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

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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.

Florin vs Lompoc

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $990 more a month in Lompoc

Florin places higher on 12 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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