Best PlacesLeona Valley, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leona Valley, 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.
Leona Valley ranks 20,850th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leona Valley
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.
Leona Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leona Valley ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 165 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$122,263 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Leona Valley ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.6 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leona Valley
A household needs to earn about $180,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leona Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $122,263, 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 Leona Valley's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Leona Valley
Leona Valley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leona Valley.
Who works in Leona Valley, and how
Work in Leona Valley centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Leona Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leona Valley.
What the weather is like in Leona Valley, month by month
Leona Valley sees roughly 165 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 45° | 31° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 45° |
| July | 102° | 86° | 68° |
| October | 84° | 64° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Leona Valley
Bob Hope sits about 29 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 Leona Valley
Schools across Leona Valley average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hughes-elizabeth LakesC · 34% proficient
- Gregg Anderson AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leona Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leona Valley 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 Leona Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leona Valley
Is Leona Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leona Valley ranks 20,850th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, big-city access, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leona Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $689,410. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $122,263 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Leona Valley safe?
Leona Valley is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Leona Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leona Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leona Valley 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.
Leona Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leona Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leona Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leona Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leona Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leona Valley 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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