Best PlacesCherry Valley, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cherry Valley, 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.
Cherry Valley ranks 27,854th 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 Cherry Valley
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.
Cherry Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cherry Valley ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 183 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
Where Cherry Valley ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,337 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cherry Valley
A household needs to earn about $139,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cherry Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,685, 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 Cherry Valley's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Cherry Valley
Cherry Valley runs older 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 Cherry Valley.
Who works in Cherry Valley, and how
Work in Cherry Valley centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cherry Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cherry Valley.
What the weather is like in Cherry Valley, month by month
Cherry Valley sees roughly 183 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 Cherry Valley
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 37 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cherry Valley
Schools across Cherry Valley average a C, better than 43% of towns.
Top high schools
- Beaumont Senior HighB · 50% proficient
- Yucaipa HighB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cherry Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cherry Valley 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 Cherry Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cherry Valley
Is Cherry Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cherry Valley ranks 27,854th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, 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 Cherry Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $527,461. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $96,685 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Cherry Valley safe?
Cherry Valley is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Cherry Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cherry Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cherry Valley 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.
Cherry Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cherry Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cherry Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cherry Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cherry Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cherry Valley 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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