Movoto Real Estate's Best Counties In California

City	Population	Rank	Poverty Line Rank	Unemployment Rank	Median Household Income Rank	Median Home Price Rank	Median Rent Rank	High School Graduation Rate Rank	Commute Time Rank	Big Deal Score
Marin County	252759	1	2	1	1	1	1	5	41	7.43
San Mateo County	721183	2	4	3	3	3	2	17	30	8.86
Santa Clara County	1788393	3	8	11	2	4	3	24	30	11.71
San Luis Obispo County	270121	4	9	5	21	11	17	11	12	12.29
Ventura County	822794	5	14	11	5	9	5	35	25	14.86
Placer County	350074	6	6	13	8	22	16	2	40	15.29
Napa County	136644	7	11	7	11	10	10	36	23	15.43
Orange County	3021840	7	16	9	6	6	4	34	33	15.43
Santa Barbara County	423594	9	24	8	17	8	9	39	7	16
San Francisco County	807755	10	15	4	7	2	5	27	53	16.14
Mono County	14181	11	3	23	18	21	21	25	3	16.29
Santa Cruz County	262340	12	20	6	13	5	7	32	33	16.57
Sonoma County	483456	13	12	14	15	14	15	23	30	17.57
Nevada County	98521	14	18	21	22	17	22	1	25	18
Contra Costa County	1052047	15	13	18	4	13	8	15	57	18.29
Alameda County	1515136	16	17	16	9	7	13	26	41	18.43
El Dorado County	180441	17	5	25	10	18	23	3	46	18.57
San Diego County	3100500	18	28	15	16	15	11	29	25	19.86
Alpine County	1197	19	1	19	20	19	54	7	25	20.71
Inyo County	18474	20	18	2	43	35	36	14	2	21.43
Yolo County	200873	21	25	17	23	24	25	33	20	23.86
Solano County	414209	21	22	26	12	26	14	21	46	23.86
Calaveras County	45507	23	10	32	28	29	26	4	58	26.71
Monterey County	416199	24	34	27	19	16	19	53	20	26.86
Sierra County	3163	25	21	10	50	30	28	9	41	27
Humboldt County	134317	26	39	20	52	25	42	8	5	27.29
San Benito County	55467	27	29	35	14	20	12	48	46	29.14
Amador County	37764	28	7	56	30	27	27	19	46	30.29
Mendocino County	87577	28	44	29	46	23	32	31	7	30.29
Los Angeles County	9840024	28	41	24	25	12	18	46	46	30.29
Shasta County	177693	31	36	37	44	39	34	18	11	31.29
Sacramento County	1422348	31	35	34	26	33	30	28	33	31.29
Lassen County	34628	33	26	28	33	52	40	38	3	31.43
Tuolumne County	55205	34	23	54	37	28	33	16	33	32
Plumas County	19926	35	30	55	42	32	48	10	12	32.71
Butte County	220101	36	38	42	48	38	38	21	12	33.86
Trinity County	13693	37	31	52	58	31	55	6	7	34.29
Riverside County	2192982	38	32	41	24	34	20	40	55	35.14
Colusa County	21329	39	33	43	32	45	35	54	12	36.29
Mariposa County	18193	40	27	46	31	36	52	12	55	37
Siskiyou County	44673	41	49	45	56	43	53	13	7	38
Del Norte County	28496	41	52	33	54	40	45	41	1	38
San Bernardino County	2041029	43	45	39	27	37	24	43	53	38.29
Glenn County	28078	44	42	22	49	42	56	49	12	38.86
Modoc County	9545	45	37	30	57	57	58	30	5	39.14
San Joaquin County	687036	46	40	51	29	41	29	45	46	40.14
Kings County	151982	47	53	44	36	50	39	52	12	40.86
Madera County	150615	48	50	31	38	45	37	56	33	41.43
Stanislaus County	515115	49	48	50	35	49	31	47	33	41.86
Fresno County	930517	50	55	38	41	44	46	50	20	42