Best Places92505, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 92505, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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92505 ranks 17,104th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 92505

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 92505 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

92505's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%The weather
Top 5%Big-city access
Top 10%Biking
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 92505 with other zip codes.

Where 92505 ranks high

  • Nice weatherabout 235 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of zip codes
  • Big-city accessBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • BikingBetter than 94% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than 92% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than 89% of zip codes

Where 92505 ranks low

  • Air qualityBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of zip codes
  • Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 92505

A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 92505 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,004, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$141,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$3,285
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $546,637 home
Median rent
$2,062
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,787
Property tax$316
Homeowners insurance$182

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 92505's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 92505

92505 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
34
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
11%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.6
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1826%
18 to 3426%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6418%
65 and older11%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 92505.


Who works in 92505, and how

Work in 92505 centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
11%
below the national average
Unemployment
4.7%
about the national average
Job growth
+1.5%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade13%
Health care & social12%
Construction12%
Manufacturing9%
Transportation & warehousing8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 85%
  • Work from home 11%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 92505

The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 92505, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
149
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 29.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 44% of zip codes
Coffee shops
10
about 2.0 per 10,000 residents, more than 47% of zip codes
Parkland
91 acres
about 1.8 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 59% of zip codes
To the coast
37 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 92505, month by month

92505 sees roughly 235 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs September through June.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January69°56°43°
April80°63°50°
July97°78°64°
October87°70°56°

Flying in and out of 92505

Ontario International sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with 62 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
ONT
Ontario International, about 12 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
53rd-busiest in the US, 62 nonstop destinations
Average drive
16 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 92505

Schools across 92505 average a C+, better than 55% of zip codes.

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Top middle schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 92505 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


92505 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 92505 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 92505 suits

Families

Schools land around the 55th percentile.

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Remote workers

Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 98% of zip codes.

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Common questions about living in 92505

Is 92505 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 92505 ranks 17,104th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 92505 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $546,637. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $93,004 median income, cost of living beats 31% of zip codes.

Is 92505 safe?

92505 is safer than 41% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $358 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 92505?

July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 43. That works out to about 235 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of zip codes.

Is 92505 good for families?

Schools beat 55% of zip codes, crime safety beats 41%, and childcare runs $1,337 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 92505. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 92505 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

92505 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 92505: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 92505: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 92505: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 92505: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

92505 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.