Best PlacesBeaumont, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beaumont, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beaumont ranks 1,483rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Beaumont
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.
Beaumont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beaumont ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 178 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of cities
Where Beaumont ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Short commute35.7 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Beaumont
A household needs to earn about $134,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beaumont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,607, 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 Beaumont's effective rate of 1.17%, 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.
Who lives in Beaumont
Beaumont 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 Beaumont.
Who works in Beaumont, and how
Work in Beaumont centers on health care & social and retail trade. 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 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Beaumont
Beaumont has more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Beaumont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Beaumont, month by month
Beaumont sees roughly 178 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 Beaumont
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beaumont
Schools across Beaumont average a C, better than 34% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Highland AcademyC+ · 37% proficient
- Clayton A. Record Jr. ElementaryD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monte Vista MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaumont Senior HighB · 50% proficient
- San Jacinto HighC− · 26% proficient
- Glen View HighF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beaumont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beaumont 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 Beaumont against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Beaumont suits
Families
Schools land around the 34th percentile and crime safety beats 84%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Beaumont
Is Beaumont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beaumont ranks 1,483rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and the weather, 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 Beaumont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $487,599. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $107,607 median income, cost of living beats 53% of cities.
Is Beaumont safe?
Yes, Beaumont is safer than 84% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Beaumont?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 36. That works out to about 178 pleasant days a year, more than 89% of cities.
Is Beaumont good for families?
Schools beat 34% of cities, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $1,337 a month.
Compare Beaumont with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beaumont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beaumont 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.
Beaumont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beaumont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beaumont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beaumont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beaumont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beaumont 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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