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%

Knights Landing$3,320/mo

Typical home $493K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

Isleton$2,290/mo

Typical home $411K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.39% · or rent about $1,168/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,040 a month, about $12,400 a year, between Knights Landing and Isleton.

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.

Schools

B+Knights LandingBetter than 69% of districts in the state A−IsletonBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

C+Knights LandingHealthier than 42% of U.S. towns –IsletonNot graded

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

Knights LandingIsleton

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 40°F

July high95°F 91°F

Growing season (days)301d 343d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th 81st

Outdoors & history

Knights LandingIsleton

Trails1 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0.9%10.7%

Settled1843 1923

National Register places—1

Archive photos6 15

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Knights LandingIsleton

Library hours a week21 hrs 24 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

44 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Knights LandingCA IsletonCA

Knights Landing ↔ Isleton44 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

Knights LandingIsleton

People

Population 1,099Highest 522Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +12.3%Highest CA: +6.1% -1.2%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 38±20.7Highest about the CA average 35.8±6.7Lowest 6% below CA

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

Kids under 18 28.2%±13.8Highest CA: 22% 21.6%±6.9Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 12.5%±6.2Lowest CA: 15.7% 20.5%±7Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest CA: 37.1% 12.8%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 15.4%±13.8Highest CA: 7.6% 5.4%±3.5Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,458±$29kLowest 50% below CA $53,194±$18kHighest 46% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $431,100±$36kHighest 41% below CA $326,200±$94kLowest 56% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,168±$322 43% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly — $1,270 75% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 49.1%±44.7 CA: 55.3%

Below poverty line 12.8%Lowest CA: 12% 21.8%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest CA: 55.9% 75.3%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 11 yrs older than CA 1972Highest 4 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minLowest 17% above CA 37 minHighest 27% above CA

Work from home 13.6%±17.9Highest CA: 17.2% 1.5%±4.5Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.22Lowest 0.49Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Woodland (18%)Rio Vista (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in IsletonFew work in Knights Landing

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Lowest 10.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 4.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.8 miLowest 8.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 91.1Lowest 131Highest

Schools

School district Woodland Joint UnifiedRiver Delta Joint Unified

High school in town None in townNone in town

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.

Knights Landing vs Isleton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,040 more a month in Knights Landing

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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