Best Places93550, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 93550, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
93550 ranks 30,987th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 93550
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.
93550's strengths and weaknesses
Where 93550 ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 174 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 88% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 84% of zip codes
Where 93550 ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Short commute40.1 minutes each way, better than only 4% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 93550
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 93550 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,560, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 93550's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 93550
93550 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 93550.
Who works in 93550, and how
Work in 93550 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 93550
93550 has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 93550 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 93550, month by month
93550 sees roughly 174 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 46° | 33° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 45° |
| July | 101° | 85° | 68° |
| October | 84° | 65° | 48° |
Flying in and out of 93550
Bob Hope sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
93550 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 93550 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 93550 suits
Common questions about living in 93550
Is 93550 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 93550 ranks 30,987th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and biking, and lowest on air quality and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 93550 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $405,750. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $67,560 median income, cost of living beats 8% of zip codes.
Is 93550 safe?
93550 is safer than 19% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $522 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 93550?
July highs average about 101 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 33. That works out to about 174 pleasant days a year, more than 94% of zip codes.
Is 93550 good for families?
Schools beat 47% of zip codes, crime safety beats 19%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare 93550 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 93550. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 93550 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.
93550 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 93550: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 93550: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 93550: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 93550: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
93550 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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