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%

Palermo$1,410/mo

Typical home $243K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $1,135/mo · Housing →

Gustine$2,390/mo

Typical home $422K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $1,395/mo · Housing →

The difference: $980 a month, about $11,800 a year, between Gustine and Palermo.

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

–PalermoNot graded C+GustineSafer than 43% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−PalermoBetter than 46% of districts in the state B+GustineBetter than 68% of districts in the state

Health

DPalermoHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns C−GustineHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns

9Palermo

9Gustine

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #820#283 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #485#171 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #509#783 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #443#211 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #469#714 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #802#568 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #79#238 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #539#692

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

PalermoGustine

Snow a year—0″

January low—38°F

July high—100°F

Growing season (days)—273d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 85th

Outdoors & history

PalermoGustine

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.9%3.1%

Settled—1915

National Register places1 —

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

PalermoGustine

Library hours a week—19 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

153 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PalermoCA GustineCA

Palermo ↔ Gustine153 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

PalermoGustine

People

Population 5,266Lowest 6,133Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.2%Lowest CA: +6.1% +10.7%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 47±6.9Highest 24% above CA 44.1±6.6Lowest 16% above CA

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

Kids under 18 20%±3.7Highest CA: 22% 19.7%±7.6Lowest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 23.1%±2.9Highest CA: 15.7% 17.3%±4.4Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.2%Highest CA: 37.1% 7.9%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.9Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.4%±5.4Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,588±$13kLowest 49% below CA $59,532±$14kHighest 40% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $283,000±$47kLowest 61% below CA $441,700±$26kHighest 40% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,135±$122Lowest 44% below CA $1,395±$190Highest 31% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,853Lowest 64% below CA $2,275Highest 56% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.7%±14.1Highest CA: 55.3% 35.4%±21.7Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 20.1%Highest CA: 12% 4%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.7%Highest CA: 55.9% 56.6%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Lowest 3 yrs newer than CA 1988Highest 12 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest about the CA average 34 minHighest 20% above CA

Work from home 9.9%±5.7Highest CA: 17.2% 1.9%±2.2Lowest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 4.2%Lowest 13.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.22Lowest 0.55Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Oroville (26%)Newman (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GustineFew work in Palermo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.8Lowest 92.8Highest

Schools

School district Palermo Union ElementaryGustine Unified

High school in town None in townGustine High

Students per teacherat that high school — 19.5

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.

Palermo vs Gustine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $980 more a month in Gustine

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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