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%

Wasco$1,850/mo

Typical home $317K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $1,089/mo · Housing →

Dinuba$2,080/mo

Typical home $356K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.74% · or rent about $1,209/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Dinuba and Wasco.

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

Dinuba places higher on 16 of 22 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

–WascoNot graded DDinubaSafer than 13% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+WascoBetter than 41% of districts in the state BDinubaBetter than 63% of districts in the state

Health

DWascoHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns DDinubaHealthier than 14% of U.S. towns

6Wasco

16Dinuba

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

Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #470#179 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #581#272 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #534#242 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #344#105 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #332#243 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #529#664 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #818#672 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #288#420

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

WascoDinuba

Snow a year0″0″

January low39°F 37°F

July high100°F 98°F

Growing season (days)315d 296d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 56th

Outdoors & history

WascoDinuba

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.8%1.2%

Settled1945 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos12 6

Famous people born here5 21

Community

WascoDinuba

Library hours a week13 hrs 26 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

66 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WascoCA DinubaCA

Wasco ↔ Dinuba66 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

WascoDinuba

People

Population 26,558Highest 25,475Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.9%Lowest CA: +6.1% +14.5%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 30.6±1.1Highest 19% below CA 29.5±1.6Lowest 22% below CA

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

Kids under 18 28.4%±2.7Lowest CA: 22% 33.4%±3.3Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 6.4%±1.3Lowest CA: 15.7% 8.8%±1.3Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.2%Lowest CA: 37.1% 14.1%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±1Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.1%±1.5Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,727±$9kLowest 48% below CA $59,484±$8kHighest 40% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $273,600±$12kLowest 63% below CA $275,000±$11kHighest 63% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,089±$81Lowest 47% below CA $1,209±$106Highest 41% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,989Lowest 61% below CA $2,022Highest 61% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.8%±11.1Highest CA: 55.3% 57.2%±8.3Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 18.4%Lowest CA: 12% 26.8%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.3%Lowest CA: 55.9% 58.4%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983 7 yrs newer than CA 1983 7 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 19% below CA 23 minLowest 20% below CA

Work from home 2.9%±1.9Lowest CA: 17.2% 6.3%±2.1Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.7%Lowest 18.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.69Lowest 0.76Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bakersfield (16%)Visalia (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DinubaFew work in Wasco

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 1.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.8Lowest 99.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #470 of 574 in CA #179 of 574 in CA

School district Wasco Union Elementary · Wasco Union HighDinuba Unified

High school in town Wasco HighDinuba High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.5Lowest 23.8Highest

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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What used to be there

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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.

Wasco vs Dinuba

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Dinuba

Dinuba places higher on 16 of 22 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

66 miles apart

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