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%

Loomis$5,540/mo

Typical home $957K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $1,702/mo · Housing →

Angels$2,830/mo

Typical home $485K (Census) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $1,833/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,710 a month, about $32,500 a year, between Loomis and Angels.

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

Loomis places higher on 16 of 20 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.

Schools

A−LoomisBetter than 84% of districts in the state B+AngelsBetter than 68% of districts in the state

Health

A−LoomisHealthier than 85% of U.S. towns BAngelsHealthier than 56% of U.S. towns

16Loomis

4Angels

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #117#453 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #260#684 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #335#748 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #286#634 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #134#309 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #235#530 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #121#410 HealthiestHealth · 844 towns #205#473

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

LoomisAngels

Snow a year—0″

January low—38°F

July high—97°F

Growing season (days)—290d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 78th

Outdoors & history

LoomisAngels

Trails0 mi 2 mi

Conserved land9.5%0.8%

Settled1861 1848

National Register places—5

Archive photos18 12

Famous people born here6 5

Community

LoomisAngels

Library hours a week34 hrs 23 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

62 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LoomisCA AngelsCA

Loomis ↔ Angels62 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

LoomisAngels

People

Population 6,853Highest 3,716Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Highest CA: +6.1% -4.4%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 45.5±3.2Lowest 20% above CA 55±11.2Highest 45% above CA

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

Kids under 18 18.2%±4.2Lowest CA: 22% 23.1%±8Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 20.7%±4.9Lowest CA: 15.7% 31.8%±6.9Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 38.6%Highest CA: 37.1% 27.5%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±2.4Highest CA: 7.6% 3.3%±3.2Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $81,487±$28kHighest 18% below CA $62,188±$15kLowest 37% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $634,500±$48kHighest 14% below CA $484,800±$81kLowest 34% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,702±$240Lowest 16% below CA $1,833±$152Highest 10% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,190Highest 18% below CA $3,483Lowest 32% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 73.3%±33.6Lowest CA: 55.3% 94%±85Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 13.5%Highest CA: 12% 11.2%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.4%Highest CA: 55.9% 81.1%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1980Lowest 4 yrs newer than CA 1987Highest 11 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 16% below CA 15 minLowest 48% below CA

Work from home 26.2%±7.7Highest CA: 17.2% 14.6%±8.2Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.7%Lowest 11.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 46.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.59Highest 1.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Roseville (13%)Murphys (4%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AngelsFew work in Loomis

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.5%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 37.8Lowest 69.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #117 of 574 in CA #453 of 574 in CA

School district Loomis Union Elementary · Placer Union HighBret Harte Union High · Mark Twain Union Elementary

High school in town Del Oro HighBret Harte Union High

Students per teacherat that high school 24.3Highest 17.0Lowest

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.

Loomis vs Angels

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,710 more a month in Loomis

Loomis places higher on 16 of 20 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

62 miles apart

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