Best PlacesCypress, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cypress, 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.
Cypress ranks 346th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cypress
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.
Cypress' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cypress ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 271 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of cities
- BikingBetter than 94% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of cities
- Household income$137,615 median, better than 86% of cities
Where Cypress ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,490 a month, better than only 16% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Cypress
A household needs to earn about $229,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cypress home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $137,615, 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 Cypress' effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Cypress
Cypress'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 Cypress.
Who works in Cypress, and how
Work in Cypress centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cypress
Cypress has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. The coast is about 10 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cypress and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cypress, month by month
Cypress sees roughly 271 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Cypress
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Wayne/Orange County, about 14 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cypress
Schools across Cypress average a B+, better than 83% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Palms ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Holder ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Cerritos ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tetzlaff (martin B.) MiddleA+ · 90% proficient
- Lexington Junior HighA− · 54% proficient
- Walker Junior HighB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Oxford AcademyA+ · 93% proficient
- Los Alamitos HighA · 72% proficient
- Pacifica HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cypress school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cypress 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 Cypress against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Cypress suits
Retirees
The weather beats 97% of cities and health care access beats 60%.
Common questions about living in Cypress
Is Cypress a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cypress ranks 346th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and biking, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cypress expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $890,497. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $137,615 median income, cost of living beats 51% of cities.
Is Cypress safe?
Yes, Cypress is safer than 56% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cypress?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 43. That works out to about 271 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of cities.
Is Cypress good for families?
Schools beat 83% of cities, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $1,490 a month.
Compare Cypress with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cypress. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cypress 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.
Cypress detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cypress: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cypress: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cypress: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cypress: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cypress 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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