Best PlacesCovina, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Covina, 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.
Covina ranks 1,132nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Covina
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.
Covina's strengths and weaknesses
Where Covina ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 264 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of cities
- TransitBetter than 85% of cities
Where Covina ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 17% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Covina
A household needs to earn about $184,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Covina home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,437, 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 Covina's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Covina
Covina'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 Covina.
Who works in Covina, and how
Work in Covina centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Covina
Covina has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. The coast is about 29 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Covina and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Covina, month by month
Covina sees roughly 264 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 56° | 45° |
| April | 73° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 81° | 72° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Covina
Ontario International sits about 16 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 Covina
Schools across Covina average a C+, better than 43% of cities.
Top high schools
- Charter Oak HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Covina school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Covina 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 Covina against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Covina suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Covina
Is Covina a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Covina ranks 1,132nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Covina expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $712,454. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $106,437 median income, cost of living beats 24% of cities.
Is Covina safe?
Covina is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Covina?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 264 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of cities.
Is Covina good for families?
Schools beat 43% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Covina with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Covina. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Covina 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.
Covina detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Covina: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Covina: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Covina: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Covina: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Covina 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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