Best PlacesIrwindale, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Irwindale, 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.
Irwindale ranks 35,350th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Irwindale
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.
Irwindale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Irwindale ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 276 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Irwindale ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Irwindale
A household needs to earn about $180,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Irwindale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $113,646, 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 Irwindale's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Irwindale
Irwindale 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 Irwindale.
Who works in Irwindale, and how
Work in Irwindale centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Irwindale
Irwindale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 27 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Irwindale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Irwindale, month by month
Irwindale sees roughly 276 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 Irwindale
Ontario International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with 62 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Irwindale
Schools across Irwindale average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View Acad Of Tech And Creative Lrng (tk-6)B · 50% proficient
- Plymouth ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Royal Oaks Steam Academy (k-8)B− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Olive MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Santa Fe Computer Science MagnetC · 34% proficient
- Bp Stem AcademyD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Baldwin Park HighB · 50% proficient
- Monrovia HighB · 47% proficient
- Sierra Vista HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Irwindale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Irwindale 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 Irwindale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Irwindale
Is Irwindale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Irwindale ranks 35,350th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Irwindale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $712,619. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $113,646 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Irwindale safe?
Irwindale is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,349 per resident a year.
Compare Irwindale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Irwindale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Irwindale 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.
Irwindale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Irwindale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Irwindale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Irwindale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Irwindale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Irwindale 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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