Best PlacesDulzura, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dulzura, 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.
Dulzura ranks 42,205th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dulzura
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.
Dulzura's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dulzura ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 230 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Household income$106,254 median, better than 88% of towns
Where Dulzura ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute48.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dulzura
A household needs to earn about $191,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dulzura home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,254, 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 Dulzura's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Dulzura
Dulzura 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 Dulzura.
Who works in Dulzura, and how
Work in Dulzura centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dulzura
Dulzura has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. The coast is about 39 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Dulzura and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dulzura, month by month
Dulzura sees roughly 230 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 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° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 62° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Dulzura
San Diego International sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.7 million passengers in 2025, with 121 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Dulzura
Schools across Dulzura average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Eastlake MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
- Oak Grove MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Valhalla HighB · 48% proficient
- Olympian HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dulzura school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dulzura 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 Dulzura against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dulzura
Is Dulzura a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dulzura ranks 42,205th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on disaster risk and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dulzura expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $740,310. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $106,254 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Dulzura safe?
Dulzura is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $545 per resident a year.
Compare Dulzura with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dulzura. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dulzura 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.
Dulzura detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dulzura: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dulzura: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dulzura: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dulzura: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dulzura 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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