Best PlacesDel Sur, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Del Sur, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Del Sur ranks 24,000th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Del Sur
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.
Del Sur's strengths and weaknesses
Where Del Sur ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 165 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$116,645 median, better than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Del Sur ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.3 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Del Sur
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Del Sur home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,645, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Del Sur's effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Del Sur
Del Sur'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 Del Sur.
Who works in Del Sur, and how
Work in Del Sur centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Del Sur
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Del Sur.
What the weather is like in Del Sur, month by month
Del Sur sees roughly 165 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 45° | 31° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 45° |
| July | 102° | 86° | 68° |
| October | 84° | 64° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Del Sur
Bob Hope sits about 33 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 Del Sur
Schools across Del Sur average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hughes-elizabeth LakesC · 34% proficient
- Gregg Anderson AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Del Sur school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Del Sur 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 Del Sur against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Del Sur
Is Del Sur a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Del Sur ranks 24,000th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and population health, 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 Del Sur expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $432,850. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $116,645 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Del Sur safe?
Del Sur is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Del Sur with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Del Sur. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Del Sur 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.
Del Sur detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Del Sur: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Del Sur: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Del Sur: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Del Sur: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Del Sur 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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