Best PlacesBuckhorn, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Buckhorn, 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.
Buckhorn ranks 39,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Buckhorn
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.
Buckhorn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Buckhorn ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 204 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$89,840 median, better than 76% of towns
- QuietBetter than 65% of towns
Where Buckhorn ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,601 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Buckhorn
A household needs to earn about $172,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Buckhorn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,840, 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 Buckhorn's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Buckhorn
Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn.
Who works in Buckhorn, and how
Work in Buckhorn centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Buckhorn
The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Buckhorn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Buckhorn, month by month
Buckhorn sees roughly 204 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 80° | 69° | 61° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Buckhorn
Bob Hope sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Buckhorn
Schools across Buckhorn average a D+, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Campus Canyon ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mesa Verde MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- The High School At Moorpark CollegeB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Buckhorn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Buckhorn
Is Buckhorn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Buckhorn ranks 39,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on civic engagement and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Buckhorn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $664,013. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $89,840 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Buckhorn safe?
Buckhorn is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $475 per resident a year.
Compare Buckhorn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Buckhorn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Buckhorn 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.
Buckhorn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Buckhorn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Buckhorn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Buckhorn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Buckhorn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Buckhorn 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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