Best PlacesArtesia, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Artesia, 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.
Artesia ranks 5,750th 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 Artesia
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.
Artesia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Artesia ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 286 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
Where Artesia ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Artesia
A household needs to earn about $195,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Artesia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $109,786, 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 Artesia's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Artesia
Artesia's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Artesia.
Who works in Artesia, and how
Work in Artesia centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Artesia
Artesia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Artesia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Artesia, month by month
Artesia sees roughly 286 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 85° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Artesia
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Wayne/Orange County, about 18 miles away.
The best schools in and around Artesia
Schools across Artesia average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nixon (patricia) ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Niemes (john H.) ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Burbank (luther) ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tetzlaff (martin B.) MiddleA+ · 90% proficient
- Ross (faye) MiddleA+ · 75% proficient
- Haskell (pliny Fisk) MiddleA+ · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Artesia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Artesia 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 Artesia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Artesia
Is Artesia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Artesia ranks 5,750th of 50,333 towns. 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 Artesia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $759,961. The overall cost of living runs about 39% above the national average. Set against a $109,786 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Artesia safe?
Artesia is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $577 per resident a year.
Compare Artesia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Artesia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Artesia 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.
Artesia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Artesia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Artesia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Artesia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Artesia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Artesia 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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