Best PlacesChino, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chino, 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.
Chino ranks 1,480th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Chino
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.
Chino's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chino ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 210 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of cities
Where Chino ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of cities
- Short commute32.9 minutes each way, better than only 12% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Chino
A household needs to earn about $181,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chino home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,093, 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 Chino's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Chino
Chino 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 Chino.
Who works in Chino, and how
Work in Chino centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Chino
Chino has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. The coast is about 34 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Chino and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chino, month by month
Chino sees roughly 210 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs September through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 55° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 63° | 48° |
| July | 97° | 78° | 62° |
| October | 89° | 69° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Chino
Ontario International sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with 62 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Chino
Schools across Chino average a C, better than 34% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Newman ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Sycamore Academy Of Science And Cultural Arts - Chino ValleyC · 32% proficient
- Anna A. Borba Fundamental ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Magnolia Junior HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Simons MiddleD · 19% proficient
- Woodcrest Junior HighD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Chino Hills HighA− · 66% proficient
- Don Antonio Lugo HighB− · 45% proficient
- Colony HighB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chino school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chino 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 Chino against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Chino suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Chino
Is Chino a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chino ranks 1,480th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chino expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $691,631. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $107,093 median income, cost of living beats 36% of cities.
Is Chino safe?
Chino is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Chino?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 41. That works out to about 210 pleasant days a year, more than 92% of cities.
Is Chino good for families?
Schools beat 34% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $1,252 a month.
Compare Chino with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chino. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chino 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.
Chino detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chino: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chino: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chino: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chino: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chino 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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