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%

Lindsay$1,830/mo

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

Winton$2,070/mo

Typical home $363K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.54% · or rent about $1,156/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Winton 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.

Report cards

Winton 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−LindsaySafer than 23% of U.S. towns –WintonNot graded

Schools

B+LindsayBetter than 66% of districts in the state C+WintonBetter than 43% of districts in the state

Health

DLindsayHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns C−WintonHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

6Lindsay

15Winton

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

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #70#235 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #181#356 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #272#102 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #305#487 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #420#288 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #730#617 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #423#317 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #521#439

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

LindsayWinton

Snow a year0″0″

January low37°F 37°F

July high96°F 95°F

Growing season (days)284d 263d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 44th

Outdoors & history

LindsayWinton

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.6%3.3%

Settled1910 —

Archive photos12 —

Community

LindsayWinton

Library hours a week26 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

117 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LindsayCA WintonCA

Lindsay ↔ Winton117 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

LindsayWinton

People

Population 12,643Highest 11,797Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.6%Lowest CA: +6.1% +10.3%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 31±2.7Highest 18% below CA 29.7±1.7Lowest 22% below CA

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

Kids under 18 32.4%±4.6Highest CA: 22% 29.3%±3Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 10.7%±2.7Highest CA: 15.7% 9.6%±1.8Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.7%Lowest CA: 37.1% 7.4%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±1.4Lowest CA: 7.6% 9.1%±2.3Highest CA: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,201±$9kLowest 46% below CA $57,015±$5kHighest 42% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $286,400±$27kLowest 61% below CA $339,400±$12kHighest 54% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,009±$97Lowest 50% below CA $1,156±$88Highest 43% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,136Highest 58% below CA $1,818Lowest 65% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.9%±8.4Lowest CA: 55.3% 56.8%±12Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 33.1%Highest CA: 12% 14%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.5%Lowest CA: 55.9% 49.9%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Lowest 5 yrs newer than CA 1983Highest 7 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest about the CA average 26 minLowest 9% below CA

Work from home 6.1%±4.4Highest CA: 17.2% 4.5%±2.2Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.1%Highest 3.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miLowest 24.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Highest 0.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Visalia (13%)Merced (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WintonFew work in Lindsay

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.6%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 2.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 88.3Highest 59.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #181 of 574 in CA #356 of 574 in CA

School district Lindsay UnifiedWinton

High school in town Lindsay Senior HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 19.8 —

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.

Lindsay vs Winton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Winton

Winton places higher on 15 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

117 miles apart

What matters to you?

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