Best PlacesForest Falls, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forest Falls, 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.
Forest Falls ranks 38,443rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Forest Falls
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.
Forest Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Forest Falls ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
Where Forest Falls ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Forest Falls
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forest Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,676, 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 Forest Falls' 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 Forest Falls
Forest Falls runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Forest Falls.
Who works in Forest Falls, and how
Work in Forest Falls centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Forest Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Forest Falls.
What the weather is like in Forest Falls, month by month
Forest Falls sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 57° | 43° | 31° |
| July | 79° | 64° | 47° |
| October | 63° | 46° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Forest Falls
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Forest Falls
Schools across Forest Falls average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- FallsvaleA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Yucaipa HighB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forest Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forest Falls 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 Forest Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Forest Falls
Is Forest Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forest Falls ranks 38,443rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, a strong job market, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Forest Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $508,155. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $72,676 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Forest Falls safe?
Forest Falls is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
Compare Forest Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forest Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forest Falls 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.
Forest Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forest Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forest Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forest Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forest Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forest Falls 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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