Best PlacesLa Puente, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Puente, 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.
La Puente ranks 1,547th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in La Puente
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 Puente's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Puente ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 275 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of cities
- TransitBetter than 90% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of cities
Where La Puente ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in La Puente
A household needs to earn about $159,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Puente home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,023, 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 Puente's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Puente
La Puente's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Puente.
Who works in La Puente, and how
Work in La Puente centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in La Puente
La Puente has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities. The coast is about 25 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of La Puente and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in La Puente, month by month
La Puente sees roughly 275 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 La Puente
The nearest airport, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 20 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Puente
Schools across La Puente average a C, better than 32% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Tracy ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sierra Vista MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Nogales HighB− · 43% proficient
- Sierra Vista HighB− · 42% proficient
- Whittier HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Puente school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Puente 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 Puente against the other 2,097 cities.
Who La Puente suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in La Puente
Is La Puente a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Puente ranks 1,547th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and cell coverage, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Puente expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $625,380. The overall cost of living runs about 34% above the national average. Set against a $96,023 median income, cost of living beats 8% of cities.
Is La Puente safe?
La Puente is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $372 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in La Puente?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 48. That works out to about 275 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of cities.
Is La Puente good for families?
Schools beat 32% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare La Puente with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Puente. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Puente 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 Puente detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Puente: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Puente: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Puente: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Puente: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Puente 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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