Best PlacesHacienda Heights, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hacienda Heights, 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.
Hacienda Heights ranks 1,146th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hacienda Heights
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.
Hacienda Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hacienda Heights ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 274 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of cities
- TransitBetter than 80% of cities
Where Hacienda Heights ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 8% of cities
- Short commute33.8 minutes each way, better than only 8% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hacienda Heights
A household needs to earn about $205,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hacienda Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $112,087, 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 Hacienda Heights' effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Hacienda Heights
Hacienda Heights 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 Hacienda Heights.
Who works in Hacienda Heights, and how
Work in Hacienda Heights centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hacienda Heights
Hacienda Heights has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 76% of cities. The coast is about 24 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hacienda Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hacienda Heights, month by month
Hacienda Heights sees roughly 274 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 60° | 48° |
| April | 76° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 89° | 81° | 69° |
| October | 83° | 74° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Hacienda Heights
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 21 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hacienda Heights
Schools across Hacienda Heights average a B−, better than 57% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- El Portal ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rancho-starbuck IntermediateC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- John A. Rowland HighA− · 59% proficient
- La Serna HighB+ · 52% proficient
- California HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hacienda Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hacienda Heights 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 Hacienda Heights against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hacienda Heights suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hacienda Heights
Is Hacienda Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hacienda Heights ranks 1,146th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hacienda Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $796,879. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $112,087 median income, cost of living beats 28% of cities.
Is Hacienda Heights safe?
Hacienda Heights is safer than 44% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hacienda Heights?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 48. That works out to about 274 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of cities.
Is Hacienda Heights good for families?
Schools beat 57% of cities, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Hacienda Heights with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hacienda Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hacienda Heights 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.
Hacienda Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hacienda Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hacienda Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hacienda Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hacienda Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hacienda Heights 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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