Best PlacesBanning, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Banning, 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.
Banning ranks 2,059th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Banning
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.
Banning's strengths and weaknesses
Where Banning ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 181 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 73% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 58% of cities
Where Banning ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 4% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Banning
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Banning home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,956, 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 Banning's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Banning
Banning 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 Banning.
Who works in Banning, and how
Work in Banning centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Banning
Banning has more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Banning and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Banning, month by month
Banning sees roughly 181 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 51° | 36° |
| April | 78° | 60° | 44° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 61° |
| October | 86° | 67° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Banning
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Banning
Schools across Banning average a C, better than 34% of cities.
Top high schools
- Beaumont Senior HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Banning school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Banning 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 Banning against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Banning suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Banning
Is Banning a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Banning ranks 2,059th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Banning expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,863. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $66,956 median income, cost of living beats 4% of cities.
Is Banning safe?
Banning is safer than 24% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $436 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Banning?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 36. That works out to about 181 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of cities.
Is Banning good for families?
Schools beat 34% of cities, crime safety beats 24%, and childcare runs $1,337 a month.
Compare Banning with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Banning. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Banning 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.
Banning detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Banning: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Banning: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Banning: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Banning: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Banning 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.