Best PlacesBlue Jay, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blue Jay, 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.
Blue Jay ranks 35,298th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Blue Jay
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.
Blue Jay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blue Jay ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
Where Blue Jay ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute41.3 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blue Jay
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blue Jay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,883, 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 Blue Jay's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Blue Jay
Blue Jay runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Blue Jay.
Who works in Blue Jay, and how
Work in Blue Jay centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Blue Jay
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Blue Jay.
What the weather is like in Blue Jay, month by month
Blue Jay sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through June and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 99° | 82° | 68° |
| October | 86° | 70° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Blue Jay
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Blue Jay
Schools across Blue Jay average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Mary P. Henck IntermediateD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Rim Of The World Senior HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blue Jay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blue Jay 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 Blue Jay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blue Jay
Is Blue Jay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blue Jay ranks 35,298th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and big-city access, 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 Blue Jay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $631,876. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $108,883 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Blue Jay safe?
Blue Jay is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $746 per resident a year.
Compare Blue Jay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blue Jay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blue Jay 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.
Blue Jay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blue Jay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blue Jay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blue Jay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blue Jay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blue Jay 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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