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%

Gustine$2,390/mo

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

Palermo$1,410/mo

Typical home $243K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $1,135/mo · Housing →

The difference: $980 a month, about $11,800 a year, between Gustine and Palermo.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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+GustineSafer than 43% of U.S. towns –PalermoNot graded

Schools

B+GustineBetter than 68% of districts in the state B−PalermoBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

C−GustineHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns DPalermoHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

9Gustine

9Palermo

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #283#820 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #171#485 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #783#509 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #211#443 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #714#469 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #568#802 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #238#79 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #692#539

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

GustinePalermo

Snow a year0″—

January low38°F —

July high100°F —

Growing season (days)273d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)85th 86th

Outdoors & history

GustinePalermo

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.1%1.9%

Settled1915 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—1

Community

GustinePalermo

Library hours a week19 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

153 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GustineCA PalermoCA

Gustine ↔ Palermo153 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

GustinePalermo

People

Population 6,133Highest 5,266Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +10.7%Highest CA: +6.1% +3.2%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 44.1±6.6Lowest 16% above CA 47±6.9Highest 24% above CA

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

Kids under 18 19.7%±7.6Lowest CA: 22% 20%±3.7Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 17.3%±4.4Lowest CA: 15.7% 23.1%±2.9Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.9%Lowest CA: 37.1% 12.2%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±5.4Highest CA: 7.6% 3.2%±1.9Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $59,532±$14kHighest 40% below CA $50,588±$13kLowest 49% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $441,700±$26kHighest 40% below CA $283,000±$47kLowest 61% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,395±$190Highest 31% below CA $1,135±$122Lowest 44% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,275Highest 56% below CA $1,853Lowest 64% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.4%±21.7Lowest CA: 55.3% 61.7%±14.1Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 4%Lowest CA: 12% 20.1%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.6%Lowest CA: 55.9% 68.7%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 12 yrs newer than CA 1979Lowest 3 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 20% above CA 29 minLowest about the CA average

Work from home 1.9%±2.2Lowest CA: 17.2% 9.9%±5.7Highest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 13.6%Highest 4.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miHighest 21.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.55Highest 0.22Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Newman (5%)Oroville (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PalermoFew work in Gustine

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 92.8Highest 8.8Lowest

Schools

School district Gustine UnifiedPalermo Union Elementary

High school in town Gustine HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 19.5 —

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.

Gustine vs Palermo

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $980 more a month in Gustine

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

153 miles apart

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