Best PlacesLa Canada Flintridge, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Canada Flintridge, 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.
La Canada Flintridge ranks 1,858th 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 La Canada Flintridge
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.
La Canada Flintridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Canada Flintridge ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 232 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$235,469 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where La Canada Flintridge ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Canada Flintridge
A household needs to earn about $492,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Canada Flintridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $235,469, 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 La Canada Flintridge's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 La Canada Flintridge
La Canada Flintridge 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 La Canada Flintridge.
Who works in La Canada Flintridge, and how
Work in La Canada Flintridge centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in La Canada Flintridge
La Canada Flintridge has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. The coast is about 24 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of La Canada Flintridge and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in La Canada Flintridge, month by month
La Canada Flintridge sees roughly 232 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of La Canada Flintridge
Bob Hope sits about 9 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 La Canada Flintridge
Schools across La Canada Flintridge average an A, better than 81% of towns.
Top high schools
- Crescenta Valley HighA · 77% proficient
- John Muir HighB · 50% proficient
- Glendale HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Canada Flintridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Canada Flintridge 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 La Canada Flintridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Canada Flintridge
Is La Canada Flintridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Canada Flintridge ranks 1,858th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and an educated workforce, 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 La Canada Flintridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,917,778. The overall cost of living runs about 75% above the national average. Set against a $235,469 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is La Canada Flintridge safe?
La Canada Flintridge is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
Compare La Canada Flintridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Canada Flintridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Canada Flintridge 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.
La Canada Flintridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Canada Flintridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Canada Flintridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Canada Flintridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Canada Flintridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Canada Flintridge 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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