Best PlacesJamul, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jamul, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Jamul ranks 12,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jamul
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.
Jamul's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jamul ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 222 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$140,898 median, better than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
Where Jamul ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,432 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jamul
A household needs to earn about $244,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jamul home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $140,898, 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 Jamul's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Jamul
Jamul 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 Jamul.
Who works in Jamul, and how
Work in Jamul centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Jamul
Jamul has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 26 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Jamul and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jamul, month by month
Jamul sees roughly 222 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Jamul
San Diego International sits about 20 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 Jamul
Schools across Jamul average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dehesa ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastlake MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
- Oak Grove MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
- Hillsdale MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastlake HighA · 68% proficient
- Steele Canyon HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Valhalla HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jamul school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jamul 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 Jamul against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jamul
Is Jamul a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jamul ranks 12,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jamul expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $945,218. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $140,898 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Jamul safe?
Yes, Jamul is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare Jamul with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jamul. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jamul 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.
Jamul detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jamul: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jamul: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jamul: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jamul: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jamul 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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