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%

Reedley$2,260/mo

Typical home $389K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,288/mo · Housing →

Brawley$2,080/mo

Typical home $360K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $988/mo · Housing →

The difference: $190 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Reedley and Brawley.

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

Brawley places higher on 14 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−ReedleySafer than 23% of U.S. towns –BrawleyNot graded

Schools

B−ReedleyBetter than 48% of districts in the state B−BrawleyBetter than 53% of districts in the state

Health

DReedleyHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns C−BrawleyHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns

7Reedley

14Brawley

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

Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #222#456 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #223#71 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #157#373 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #667#471 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #242#47 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #376#211 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #650#817 Lowest obesityHealth · 844 towns #804#666

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

ReedleyBrawley

Snow a year0″0″

January low41°F 41°F

July high98°F 108°F

Growing season (days)337d 335d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)69th 91st

Outdoors & history

ReedleyBrawley

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.5%2.6%

Settled1913 —

National Register places2 —

Archive photos12 24

Famous people born here6 24

Community

ReedleyBrawley

Library hours a week51 hrs 20 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

335 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ReedleyCA BrawleyCA

Reedley ↔ Brawley335 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

ReedleyBrawley

People

Population 25,609Lowest 27,283Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.3%Lowest CA: +6.1% +5.9%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 32.3±1.6Highest 15% below CA 30.6±1.4Lowest 19% below CA

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

Kids under 18 29.6%±3Lowest CA: 22% 30.3%±3.2Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 10.3%±1.4Lowest CA: 15.7% 11.2%±1.7Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16%Highest CA: 37.1% 15.9%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8%±1.4Highest CA: 7.6% 7.2%±1.5Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,307±$6kHighest 36% below CA $59,311±$6kLowest 40% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $334,800±$15kHighest 54% below CA $290,700±$20kLowest 60% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,288±$70Highest 37% below CA $988±$62Lowest 51% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,312Highest 55% below CA $1,829Lowest 64% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.1%±8.7Highest CA: 55.3% 49%±8.9Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 22.3%Highest CA: 12% 21.3%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.4%Highest CA: 55.9% 51.6%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Lowest 8 yrs newer than CA 1985Highest 9 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 14% below CA 18 minLowest 37% below CA

Work from home 5.9%±2.7Lowest CA: 17.2% 11.1%±3.4Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.5%Lowest 26.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.8 miHighest 13.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.75Highest 0.65Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fresno (17%)El Centro (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrawleyFew work in Reedley

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Highest 2.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 15Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 117Highest 78.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #222 of 574 in CA #456 of 574 in CA

School district Valley ROP · Kings Canyon Joint UnifiedBrawley Elementary · Brawley Union High

High school in town Reedley HighBrawley Union High

Students per teacherat that high school 23.6Highest 23.2Lowest

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.

Reedley vs Brawley

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $190 more a month in Reedley

Brawley places higher on 14 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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