Best PlacesCoronado, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coronado, 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.
Coronado ranks 2,037th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coronado
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.
Coronado's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coronado ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 343 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
Where Coronado ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,432 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coronado
A household needs to earn about $485,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coronado home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $139,602, 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 Coronado's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Coronado
Coronado'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 Coronado.
Who works in Coronado, and how
Work in Coronado centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 22%
Life in Coronado
Coronado has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns and more parkland per resident than 82% of towns. The coast is about 1 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coronado and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coronado, month by month
Coronado sees roughly 343 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 69° | 61° | 54° |
| July | 75° | 69° | 65° |
| October | 76° | 67° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Coronado
San Diego International sits about 4 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 Coronado
Schools across Coronado average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coronado Village ElementaryA+ · 72% proficient
- Silver Strand ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Bayside Steam AcademyD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coronado MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Roosevelt International MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Mar Vista AcademyD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Coronado HighA · 75% proficient
- Point Loma HighA · 75% proficient
- Mar Vista Senior HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coronado school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coronado 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 Coronado against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Coronado suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 19% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 100% of towns and health care access beats 61%.
Common questions about living in Coronado
Is Coronado a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coronado ranks 2,037th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, biking, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coronado expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,904,958. The overall cost of living runs about 92% above the national average. Set against a $139,602 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Coronado safe?
Coronado is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $763 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coronado?
July highs average about 75 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 47. That works out to about 343 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Is Coronado good for families?
Schools beat 94% of towns, crime safety beats 5%, and childcare runs $1,432 a month.
Compare Coronado with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coronado. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coronado 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.
Coronado detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coronado: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coronado: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coronado: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coronado: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coronado 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.