Best PlacesHoltville, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holtville, 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.
Holtville ranks 41,979th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holtville
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.
Holtville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holtville ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 192 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where Holtville ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holtville
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holtville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,772; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Holtville's 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 Holtville
Holtville 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 Holtville.
Who works in Holtville, and how
Work in Holtville centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Holtville
Holtville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Holtville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holtville, month by month
Holtville sees roughly 192 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 111 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 55° | 41° |
| April | 91° | 73° | 56° |
| July | 111° | 95° | 80° |
| October | 93° | 76° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Holtville
The nearest airport, Imperial County, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Diego International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holtville
Schools across Holtville average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Magnolia Union ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- T. L. Waggoner ElementaryC · 31% proficient
- Pine ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Frank M. Wright MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Enrique Camarena Jr. HighD− · 13% proficient
- Holtville MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Imperial HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Brawley Union HighC · 31% proficient
- Calexico HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holtville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holtville 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 Holtville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holtville
Is Holtville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holtville ranks 41,979th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holtville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $310,425. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $74,772 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Holtville safe?
Holtville is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $463 per resident a year.
Compare Holtville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holtville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holtville 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.
Holtville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holtville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holtville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holtville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holtville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holtville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.