Best PlacesChino Hills, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chino Hills, 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 Hills ranks 874th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Chino Hills
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 Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Chino Hills ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 205 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of cities
Where Chino Hills ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of cities
- Short commute36.0 minutes each way, better than only 4% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Chino Hills
A household needs to earn about $220,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chino Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $130,859, 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 Hills' effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Hills
Chino Hills's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Hills.
Who works in Chino Hills, and how
Work in Chino Hills centers on health care & social and manufacturing. 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 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Chino Hills
Chino Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 31 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Chino Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chino Hills, month by month
Chino Hills sees roughly 205 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 Hills
Ontario International sits about 9 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 Hills
Schools across Chino Hills average a B−, better than 56% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Running Springs AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Country Springs ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Rolling Ridge ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- El Rancho CharterA− · 57% proficient
- Brea Junior HighB+ · 49% proficient
- Magnolia Junior HighD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Chino Hills HighA− · 66% proficient
- Yorba Linda HighA− · 65% proficient
- Brea Olinda HighB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chino Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chino Hills 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 Hills against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Chino Hills suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Chino Hills
Is Chino Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chino Hills ranks 874th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, population health, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chino Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $848,236. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $130,859 median income, cost of living beats 54% of cities.
Is Chino Hills safe?
Yes, Chino Hills is safer than 80% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Chino Hills?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 41. That works out to about 205 pleasant days a year, more than 92% of cities.
Is Chino Hills good for families?
Schools beat 56% of cities, crime safety beats 80%, and childcare runs $1,255 a month.
Compare Chino Hills with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chino Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chino Hills 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 Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chino Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chino Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chino Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chino Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chino Hills 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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