Best PlacesDowntown Fontana, Fontana, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Downtown Fontana, Fontana, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Downtown Fontana, Fontana ranks 5,414th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Downtown Fontana, Fontana
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.
Downtown Fontana, Fontana's strengths and weaknesses
Where Downtown Fontana, Fontana ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 204 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where Downtown Fontana, Fontana ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Household income$40,903 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Downtown Fontana, Fontana
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Downtown Fontana, Fontana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $40,903, 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 Downtown Fontana, Fontana's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Downtown Fontana, Fontana
Downtown Fontana, Fontana runs younger than the country, 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 Downtown Fontana, Fontana.
Who works in Downtown Fontana, Fontana, and how
Work in Downtown Fontana, Fontana centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Downtown Fontana, Fontana
Downtown Fontana, Fontana has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Downtown Fontana, Fontana and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Downtown Fontana, Fontana, month by month
Downtown Fontana, Fontana sees roughly 204 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 96° | 79° | 65° |
| October | 87° | 70° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Downtown Fontana, Fontana
Ontario International sits about 10 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 Downtown Fontana, Fontana
Schools across Downtown Fontana, Fontana average a C, better than 58% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Fontana HighA · 75% proficient
- Jurupa Hills HighA− · 65% proficient
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Downtown Fontana, Fontana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Downtown Fontana, Fontana 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 Downtown Fontana, Fontana against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Downtown Fontana, Fontana
Is Downtown Fontana, Fontana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Downtown Fontana, Fontana ranks 5,414th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and biking, and lowest on air quality and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Downtown Fontana, Fontana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $446,555. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $40,903 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Downtown Fontana, Fontana safe?
Downtown Fontana, Fontana is safer than 8% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $929 per resident a year.
Compare Downtown Fontana, Fontana with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Downtown Fontana, Fontana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Downtown Fontana, Fontana 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.
Downtown Fontana, Fontana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Downtown Fontana, Fontana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Downtown Fontana, Fontana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Downtown Fontana, Fontana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Downtown Fontana, Fontana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Downtown Fontana, Fontana 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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