Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Winters grades B overall, 156th among California's 841 graded towns. It reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $123K. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $610K for a typical one and 6.3 times the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Main Street Historic District-Winters is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 437 California towns, just 6 have a lower property crime rate than Winters.
Where Winters beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Winters’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Winters is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 523 in 1880, 7,115 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 5 maps from 1907 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winters, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Winters.
Winters fares better on crime within California than nationally, has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
At 7.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 100% of California’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 54 to 25 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
At 0.4 per 1,000 residents, Winters’ violent crime rate is below both California’s towns (2.9) and U.S. towns (1.6).
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Winters Joint Unified school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Winters High, with 479 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waggoner ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 406 | – |
| Winters HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 479 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Since 1995, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Winters.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
17% of Winters working residents work locally, above both the California town median (6.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). The average trip to work in Winters is 23 minutes. Since 2013, Winters has added 104 jobs, to 1,481 in 2023.
| Winters | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 5,313 U.S. towns with household incomes like Winters’s, it is less healthy than 62%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Winters beats the California average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Winters.
| Winters | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 72% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Winters | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.3% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15% | 17.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Winters weather station records that about 107 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94.1°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 38.4°.
Winters has mild winters and hot summers. Winters’ July high is 94°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Winters | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 38°F | 41°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Winters home is worth about $610,000, up 0.7% in a year, 20% below the California typical home.
| Winters | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,568 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 64% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the California average. Winters has grown 16% since 2020, to 8,214 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 14% of Winters residents are 65 or older.
| Winters | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.2 years | 39.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Winters | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.1% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.1% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.9% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.5% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.6% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.4% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
| Winters | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Walnut Park | 0.3 mi | 6 |
| 2. City Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Blue Oak Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winters. Close and well known come first.
14 mi LakeLake Berryessa
31 mi Theme parkSix Flags Discovery Kingdom
26 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
27 mi State parkSutter's Fort
27 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
30 mi Stadium & arenaHornet StadiumLake Berryessa: Unknown, Public domain · Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: Tinned Elk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Winters
About 6 of every 100 Winters residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
City in California, United States
Winters is a city in rural Yolo County, and the western Sacramento Valley, in northern California, United States. Winters has a 2024 population of 7,860. Winters is currently growing at a rate of 2.16% annually and its population has increased by 9.24% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 7,195 in 2020. The average household income in Winters is $148,333 with a poverty rate of 6.55%. The median age in Winters is 37.9 years: 38.1 years for males, and 37.9 years for females.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Winters grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #156 of 841 in California. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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