Best PlacesFlinn Springs, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Flinn Springs, 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.
Flinn Springs ranks 23,726th 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 Flinn Springs
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.
Flinn Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Flinn Springs ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 214 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$111,368 median, better than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
Where Flinn Springs ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,432 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Flinn Springs
A household needs to earn about $218,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Flinn Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $111,368, 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 Flinn Springs' effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Flinn Springs
Flinn Springs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Flinn Springs.
Who works in Flinn Springs, and how
Work in Flinn Springs centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Flinn Springs
The coast is about 29 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Flinn Springs, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Flinn Springs, month by month
Flinn Springs sees roughly 214 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Flinn Springs
San Diego International sits about 23 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 Flinn Springs
Schools across Flinn Springs average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Tierra Del Sol MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Granite Hills HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Julian HighC+ · 37% proficient
- El Capitan HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Flinn Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Flinn Springs 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 Flinn Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Flinn Springs
Is Flinn Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Flinn Springs ranks 23,726th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, few empty homes, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Flinn Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $845,586. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $111,368 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Flinn Springs safe?
Yes, Flinn Springs is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Flinn Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Flinn Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Flinn Springs 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.
Flinn Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Flinn Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Flinn Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Flinn Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Flinn Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Flinn Springs 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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