Best PlacesBlythe, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blythe, 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.
Blythe ranks 38,396th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Blythe
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.
Blythe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blythe ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 186 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.1 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
Where Blythe ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blythe
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blythe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,746, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Blythe's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 Blythe
Blythe runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Blythe.
Who works in Blythe, and how
Work in Blythe centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Blythe
Blythe has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 80% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Blythe and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Blythe, month by month
Blythe sees roughly 186 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 112 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 41° |
| April | 91° | 75° | 57° |
| July | 112° | 98° | 82° |
| October | 93° | 76° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Blythe
The nearest airport, Yuma MCAS/Yuma International, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Blythe
Schools across Blythe average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chemehuevi Valley ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Ehrenberg Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Twentynine Palms ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Twentynine Palms Junior HighD+ · 27% proficient
- Toro Canyon MiddleD− · 19% proficient
- San Pasqual MiddleF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Twentynine Palms HighB− · 45% proficient
- Desert Hot Springs HighC · 33% proficient
- Desert Mirage HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blythe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blythe 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 Blythe against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Blythe suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 5% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Blythe
Is Blythe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blythe ranks 38,396th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blythe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,937. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $66,746 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Blythe safe?
Blythe is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $588 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Blythe?
July highs average about 112 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 41. That works out to about 186 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of towns.
Is Blythe good for families?
Schools beat 46% of towns, crime safety beats 11%, and childcare runs $1,337 a month.
Compare Blythe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blythe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blythe 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.
Blythe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blythe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blythe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blythe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blythe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blythe 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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