Best PlacesClaremont, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Claremont, 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.
Claremont ranks 544th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Claremont
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.
Claremont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Claremont ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 267 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of cities
- BikingBetter than 88% of cities
Where Claremont ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 11% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Claremont
A household needs to earn about $230,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Claremont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,955, 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 Claremont's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Claremont
Claremont's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Claremont.
Who works in Claremont, and how
Work in Claremont centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Claremont
Claremont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 35 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Claremont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Claremont, month by month
Claremont sees roughly 267 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs September through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 56° | 49° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Claremont
Ontario International sits about 8 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 Claremont
Schools across Claremont average a B−, better than 64% of cities.
Top middle schools
- Pioneer Junior HighD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Claremont HighA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Claremont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Claremont 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 Claremont against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Claremont suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 24% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 96% of cities and health care access beats 60%.
Common questions about living in Claremont
Is Claremont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Claremont ranks 544th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Claremont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $898,295. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $135,955 median income, cost of living beats 58% of cities.
Is Claremont safe?
Claremont is safer than 51% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $330 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Claremont?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 49. That works out to about 267 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of cities.
Is Claremont good for families?
Schools beat 64% of cities, crime safety beats 51%, and childcare runs $1,131 a month.
Compare Claremont with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Claremont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Claremont 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.
Claremont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Claremont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Claremont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Claremont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Claremont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Claremont 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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