Best PlacesGrant Hill, San Diego, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grant Hill, San Diego, 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.
Grant Hill, San Diego ranks 3,939th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grant Hill, San Diego
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.
Grant Hill, San Diego's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grant Hill, San Diego ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 344 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Grant Hill, San Diego ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Grant Hill, San Diego
A household needs to earn about $189,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grant Hill, San Diego home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,730, 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 Grant Hill, San Diego's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Grant Hill, San Diego
Grant Hill, San Diego 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 Grant Hill, San Diego.
Who works in Grant Hill, San Diego, and how
Work in Grant Hill, San Diego centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Grant Hill, San Diego
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Grant Hill, San Diego, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Grant Hill, San Diego, month by month
Grant Hill, San Diego sees roughly 344 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 71° | 63° | 56° |
| July | 77° | 70° | 66° |
| October | 78° | 68° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Grant Hill, San Diego
San Diego International sits about 4 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 Grant Hill, San Diego
Schools across Grant Hill, San Diego average a C+, better than 51% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- Roosevelt International MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grant Hill, San Diego school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grant Hill, San Diego 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 Grant Hill, San Diego against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Grant Hill, San Diego
Is Grant Hill, San Diego a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grant Hill, San Diego ranks 3,939th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and walkability, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grant Hill, San Diego expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $745,566. The overall cost of living runs about 37% above the national average. Set against a $64,730 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Grant Hill, San Diego safe?
Grant Hill, San Diego is safer than 17% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $755 per resident a year.
Compare Grant Hill, San Diego with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grant Hill, San Diego. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grant Hill, San Diego 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.
Grant Hill, San Diego detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grant Hill, San Diego: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grant Hill, San Diego: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grant Hill, San Diego: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grant Hill, San Diego: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grant Hill, San Diego 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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