Best PlacesCampo, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Campo, 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.
Campo ranks 46,006th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Campo
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.
Campo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Campo ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 196 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Campo ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,432 a month, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Campo
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Campo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,171; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Campo's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Campo
Campo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Campo.
Who works in Campo, and how
Work in Campo centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Campo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Campo.
What the weather is like in Campo, month by month
Campo sees roughly 196 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 62° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Campo
San Diego International sits about 42 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.7 million passengers in 2025, with 121 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Campo
Schools across Campo average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Campo ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- Potrero ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pine Valley MiddleD · 20% proficient
- Camp Lockett MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain Empire HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Campo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Campo 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 Campo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Campo
Is Campo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Campo ranks 46,006th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, 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 Campo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,102. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $83,171 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Campo safe?
Campo is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $435 per resident a year.
Compare Campo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Campo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Campo 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.
Campo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Campo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Campo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Campo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Campo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Campo 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.