Best PlacesAlta Loma, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alta Loma, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Alta Loma ranks 7,347th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Alta Loma
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.
Alta Loma's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alta Loma ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 215 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where Alta Loma ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alta Loma
A household needs to earn about $233,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alta Loma home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $136,353, 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 Alta Loma's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Alta Loma
Alta Loma runs older 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 Alta Loma.
Who works in Alta Loma, and how
Work in Alta Loma centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Alta Loma
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Alta Loma, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Alta Loma, month by month
Alta Loma sees roughly 215 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 96° | 79° | 65° |
| October | 87° | 70° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Alta Loma
Ontario International sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with 62 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Alta Loma
Schools across Alta Loma average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top high schools
- Los Osos HighA− · 61% proficient
- Alta Loma HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alta Loma school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alta Loma 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 Alta Loma against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Alta Loma suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of towns and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Alta Loma
Is Alta Loma a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alta Loma ranks 7,347th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alta Loma expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $908,198. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $136,353 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Alta Loma safe?
Yes, Alta Loma is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Alta Loma?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 43. That works out to about 215 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Is Alta Loma good for families?
Schools beat 68% of towns, crime safety beats 63%, and childcare runs $1,252 a month.
Compare Alta Loma with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alta Loma. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alta Loma 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.
Alta Loma detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alta Loma: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alta Loma: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alta Loma: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alta Loma: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alta Loma 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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