Best PlacesLytle Creek, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lytle Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lytle Creek ranks 42,371st 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 Lytle Creek
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.
Lytle Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lytle Creek ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 192 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
- Household income$90,824 median, better than 78% of towns
Where Lytle Creek ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,252 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lytle Creek
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lytle Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $90,824, 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 Lytle Creek's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Lytle Creek
Lytle Creek runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lytle Creek.
Who works in Lytle Creek, and how
Work in Lytle Creek centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lytle Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lytle Creek.
What the weather is like in Lytle Creek, month by month
Lytle Creek sees roughly 192 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 96° | 79° | 65° |
| October | 87° | 70° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Lytle Creek
Ontario International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with 62 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lytle Creek
Schools across Lytle Creek average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Shore ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Pinon Hills ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Big Bear MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Ethel Kucera MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Summit HighA · 75% proficient
- Los Osos HighA− · 61% proficient
- Alta Loma HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lytle Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lytle Creek 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 Lytle Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lytle Creek
Is Lytle Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lytle Creek ranks 42,371st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and fast internet, 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 Lytle Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $468,097. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $90,824 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Lytle Creek safe?
Lytle Creek is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $503 per resident a year.
Compare Lytle Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lytle Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lytle Creek 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.
Lytle Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lytle Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lytle Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lytle Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lytle Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lytle Creek 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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