Best PlacesEast Hemet, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Hemet, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Hemet ranks 39,399th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Hemet
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.
East Hemet's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Hemet ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 176 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where East Hemet ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Hemet
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Hemet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,998, 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 East Hemet's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Hemet
East Hemet 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 East Hemet.
Who works in East Hemet, and how
Work in East Hemet centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in East Hemet
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Hemet.
What the weather is like in East Hemet, month by month
East Hemet sees roughly 176 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 51° | 36° |
| April | 78° | 60° | 44° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 61° |
| October | 86° | 67° | 50° |
Flying in and out of East Hemet
The nearest airport, Palm Springs International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 44 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Hemet
Schools across East Hemet average a D, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Little Lake ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Diamond Valley MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Hemet HighD+ · 24% proficient
- West Valley HighD+ · 24% proficient
- Academy Of InnovationD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Hemet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Hemet 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 East Hemet against the other 50,332 towns.
Who East Hemet suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in East Hemet
Is East Hemet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Hemet ranks 39,399th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Hemet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $426,506. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $75,998 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is East Hemet safe?
East Hemet is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in East Hemet?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 36. That works out to about 176 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of towns.
Is East Hemet good for families?
Schools beat 14% of towns, crime safety beats 37%, and childcare runs $1,337 a month.
Compare East Hemet with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Hemet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Hemet 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.
East Hemet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Hemet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Hemet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Hemet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Hemet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Hemet 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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