Best PlacesEl Miradero, Glendale, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around El Miradero, Glendale, 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.
El Miradero, Glendale ranks 1,714th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in El Miradero, Glendale
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.
El Miradero, Glendale's strengths and weaknesses
Where El Miradero, Glendale ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 243 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Household income$151,313 median, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where El Miradero, Glendale ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in El Miradero, Glendale
A household needs to earn about $362,000 a year to comfortably buy the median El Miradero, Glendale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $151,313, 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 El Miradero, Glendale's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 El Miradero, Glendale
El Miradero, Glendale runs older 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 El Miradero, Glendale.
Who works in El Miradero, Glendale, and how
Work in El Miradero, Glendale centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in El Miradero, Glendale
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across El Miradero, Glendale, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in El Miradero, Glendale, month by month
El Miradero, Glendale sees roughly 243 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of El Miradero, Glendale
Bob Hope sits about 4 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 El Miradero, Glendale
Schools across El Miradero, Glendale average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Joaquin Miller ElementaryC+ · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Burbank HighA · 68% proficient
- Herbert Hoover HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every El Miradero, Glendale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
El Miradero, Glendale 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 El Miradero, Glendale against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in El Miradero, Glendale
Is El Miradero, Glendale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, El Miradero, Glendale ranks 1,714th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is El Miradero, Glendale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,424,113. The overall cost of living runs about 64% above the national average. Set against a $151,313 median income, cost of living beats 64% of neighborhoods.
Is El Miradero, Glendale safe?
Yes, El Miradero, Glendale is safer than 61% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $409 per resident a year.
Compare El Miradero, Glendale with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to El Miradero, Glendale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in El Miradero, Glendale 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.
El Miradero, Glendale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for El Miradero, Glendale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in El Miradero, Glendale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of El Miradero, Glendale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in El Miradero, Glendale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
El Miradero, Glendale 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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