Best PlacesCrescenta Highlands, La Crescenta, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta, 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.
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta ranks 938th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta
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.
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Household income$154,106 median, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 227 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta
A household needs to earn about $285,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $154,106, 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 Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta'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 Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta.
Who works in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta, and how
Work in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta has more parkland per resident than 72% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 25 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta, month by month
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta sees roughly 227 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta
Bob Hope sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta
Schools across Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta average a B+, better than 83% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Anderson W. Clark Magnet HighA · 79% proficient
- Crescenta Valley HighA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta 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 Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta
Is Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta ranks 938th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,119,260. The overall cost of living runs about 58% above the national average. Set against a $154,106 median income, cost of living beats 69% of neighborhoods.
Is Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta safe?
Yes, Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta is safer than 69% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta 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.
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crescenta Highlands, La Crescenta 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.
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