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%

Norco$5,310/mo

Typical home $920K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,925/mo · Housing →

Galt$3,110/mo

Typical home $529K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,596/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,210 a month, about $26,500 a year, between Norco and Galt.

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

CNorcoSafer than 30% of U.S. towns CGaltSafer than 28% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−NorcoBetter than 77% of districts in the state B+GaltBetter than 68% of districts in the state

Health

B−NorcoHealthier than 52% of U.S. towns BGaltHealthier than 58% of U.S. towns

11Norco

11Galt

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #14#641 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #658#201 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #715#281 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #274#620 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #523#290 Highest incomeIncome · 843 towns #200#426 Lowest obesityHealth · 844 towns #727#502 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #52#211

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

NorcoGalt

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)353d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)93rd 64th

Outdoors & history

NorcoGalt

Trails73 mi 2 mi

Conserved land4.3%2.2%

Settled1964 1869

National Register places1 1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—1

Community

NorcoGalt

Library hours a week43 hrs 40 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

366 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NorcoCA GaltCA

Norco ↔ Galt366 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

NorcoGalt

People

Population 25,054Lowest 25,962Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.8%Lowest CA: +6.1% +7.3%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 40.3±1.8Highest 6% above CA 38.3±1.8Lowest about the CA average

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

Kids under 18 20.3%±2.2Lowest CA: 22% 23.8%±2.8Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 15.6%±1.5Highest CA: 15.7% 14.9%±1.7Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.1%Highest CA: 37.1% 21.4%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.9%±1.1Highest CA: 7.6% 6.5%±1.2Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $127,566±$7kHighest 29% above CA $94,393±$14kLowest 5% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $782,400±$26kHighest 6% above CA $487,500±$16kLowest 34% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,925±$222Highest 5% below CA $1,596±$172Lowest 22% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,978Highest about the CA average $3,649Lowest 29% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.2%±8Lowest CA: 55.3% 53.3%±11.7Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 5.6%Lowest CA: 12% 8%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.1%Highest CA: 55.9% 77%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 1 yr older than CA 1994Highest 18 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 27% above CA 31 minLowest 9% above CA

Work from home 13.4%±2.4Highest CA: 17.2% 11.2%±3.2Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.2%Lowest 12.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.23Highest 0.41Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Corona (8%)Sacramento (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GaltFew work in Norco

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.3%Highest 2.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 72.8 miHighest 1.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 5.2 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 18Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 34.3Lowest 107Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#546 of 574 in CA

School district Corona-Norco UnifiedGalt Joint Union Elementary · Galt Joint Union High

High school in town Norco HighGalt High

Students per teacherat that high school 23.5Highest 22.4Lowest

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.

Norco vs Galt

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,210 more a month in Norco

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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