Best PlacesKinneloa Mesa, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kinneloa Mesa, 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.
Kinneloa Mesa ranks 2,542nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kinneloa Mesa
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.
Kinneloa Mesa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kinneloa Mesa ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 266 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$230,714 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Kinneloa Mesa ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kinneloa Mesa
A household needs to earn about $510,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kinneloa Mesa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $230,714, 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 Kinneloa Mesa's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Kinneloa Mesa
Kinneloa Mesa runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kinneloa Mesa.
Who works in Kinneloa Mesa, and how
Work in Kinneloa Mesa centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kinneloa Mesa
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kinneloa Mesa, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kinneloa Mesa, month by month
Kinneloa Mesa sees roughly 266 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 Kinneloa Mesa
Bob Hope sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kinneloa Mesa
Schools across Kinneloa Mesa average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bradoaks Elementary Science AcademyC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clifton MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Pasadena HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Monrovia HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kinneloa Mesa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kinneloa Mesa 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 Kinneloa Mesa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kinneloa Mesa
Is Kinneloa Mesa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kinneloa Mesa ranks 2,542nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kinneloa Mesa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $2,000,001. The overall cost of living runs about 66% above the national average. Set against a $230,714 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Kinneloa Mesa safe?
Kinneloa Mesa is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Kinneloa Mesa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kinneloa Mesa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kinneloa Mesa 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.
Kinneloa Mesa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kinneloa Mesa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kinneloa Mesa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kinneloa Mesa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kinneloa Mesa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kinneloa Mesa 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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