Best PlacesEl Mirage, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around El Mirage, 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.
El Mirage ranks 47,904th 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 El Mirage
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 Mirage's strengths and weaknesses
Where El Mirage ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 182 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 60% of towns
Where El Mirage ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in El Mirage
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median El Mirage home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $57,744, 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 Mirage'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 El Mirage
El Mirage's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Mirage.
Who works in El Mirage, and how
Work in El Mirage centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in El Mirage
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across El Mirage.
What the weather is like in El Mirage, month by month
El Mirage sees roughly 182 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 60° | 44° |
| July | 101° | 84° | 66° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of El Mirage
Ontario International sits about 40 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with 62 nonstop destinations.
El Mirage 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 Mirage against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in El Mirage
Is El Mirage a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, El Mirage ranks 47,904th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is El Mirage expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $305,542. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $57,744 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is El Mirage safe?
El Mirage is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $512 per resident a year.
Compare El Mirage with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to El Mirage. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in El Mirage 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 Mirage detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for El Mirage: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in El Mirage: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of El Mirage: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in El Mirage: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
El Mirage 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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