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%

Orland$2,270/mo

Typical home $395K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $1,146/mo · Housing →

Corning$1,710/mo

Typical home $300K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $961/mo · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,700 a year, between Orland and Corning.

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

Orland 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+OrlandSafer than 43% of U.S. towns C−CorningSafer than 15% of U.S. towns

Schools

COrlandBetter than 28% of districts in the state C−CorningBetter than 17% of districts in the state

Health

COrlandHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns CCorningHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns

15Orland

5Corning

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

SafestSafety · 411 towns #126#325 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #10#210 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #114#267 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #211#344 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #516#638 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #568#680 Most educatedPeople · 844 towns #732#675 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #303#359

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

OrlandCorning

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 38°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)279d 279d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)72nd 79th

Outdoors & history

OrlandCorning

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land2.4%1.2%

Settled1909 1907

National Register places—1

Archive photos—16

Famous people born here—6

Community

OrlandCorning

Library hours a week40 hrs 29 hrs

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

13 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

OrlandCorning

Orland ↔ Corning13 miles apart

Who commutes between them

70 Orland residents work in Corning (1.9% of its workers)

66 Corning residents work in Orland (2.2% of its workers)

Work & commute in Orland →

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

OrlandCorning

People

Population 8,357Highest 8,155Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.8%Highest CA: +6.1% +7.6%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 33.3±1.8Highest 12% below CA 31.3±2.4Lowest 17% below CA

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

Kids under 18 34.2%±4.6Highest CA: 22% 31.7%±4.8Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 13.9%±2.8Highest CA: 15.7% 10.1%±2.6Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.6%Lowest CA: 37.1% 14.5%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1Lowest CA: 7.6% 3.9%±2.3Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $64,945±$8kHighest 34% below CA $56,627±$9kLowest 43% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $342,200±$15kHighest 53% below CA $313,100±$22kLowest 57% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,146±$129Highest 44% below CA $961±$182Lowest 53% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,109Highest 59% below CA $1,729Lowest 66% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.8%±13.1Lowest CA: 55.3% 61.7%±12Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 16.9%Lowest CA: 12% 17.9%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.7%Highest CA: 55.9% 52.2%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Highest 8 yrs newer than CA 1979Lowest 3 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 29% below CA 18 minLowest 37% below CA

Work from home 7.4%±4Highest CA: 17.2% 7%±3.7Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.4%Highest 14.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.52Lowest 0.71Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Chico (17%)Chico (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Corning2% work in Orland

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.4%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 3.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 88.8Highest 81.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #444 of 574 in CA #451 of 574 in CA

School district Orland Joint Unified · Glenn County Office of EducationCorning Union Elementary · Corning Union High

High school in town Orland HighCorning Union High

Students per teacherat that high school 18.3Highest 18.0Lowest

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.

Orland vs Corning

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Orland

Orland places higher on 15 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

13 miles apart

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