Best PlacesMabury Park, Santa Ana, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mabury Park, Santa Ana, 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.
Mabury Park, Santa Ana ranks 3,201st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mabury Park, Santa Ana
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.
Mabury Park, Santa Ana's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mabury Park, Santa Ana ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 329 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Mabury Park, Santa Ana ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mabury Park, Santa Ana
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mabury Park, Santa Ana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,293, 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 Mabury Park, Santa Ana's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mabury Park, Santa Ana
Mabury Park, Santa Ana runs younger 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 Mabury Park, Santa Ana.
Who works in Mabury Park, Santa Ana, and how
Work in Mabury Park, Santa Ana centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mabury Park, Santa Ana
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mabury Park, Santa Ana, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mabury Park, Santa Ana, month by month
Mabury Park, Santa Ana sees roughly 329 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 73° | 63° | 56° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 66° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Mabury Park, Santa Ana
John Wayne/Orange County sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 80 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mabury Park, Santa Ana
Schools across Mabury Park, Santa Ana average a C+, better than 51% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Jim Thorpe FundamentalC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Columbus Tustin MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Foothill HighA · 69% proficient
- Hector G. GodinezC+ · 35% proficient
- Ednovate - Legacy College Prep.C · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mabury Park, Santa Ana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mabury Park, Santa Ana 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 Mabury Park, Santa Ana against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mabury Park, Santa Ana
Is Mabury Park, Santa Ana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mabury Park, Santa Ana ranks 3,201st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, few empty homes, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mabury Park, Santa Ana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $637,670. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $106,293 median income, cost of living beats 44% of neighborhoods.
Is Mabury Park, Santa Ana safe?
Yes, Mabury Park, Santa Ana is safer than 74% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Mabury Park, Santa Ana with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mabury Park, Santa Ana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mabury Park, Santa Ana 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.
Mabury Park, Santa Ana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mabury Park, Santa Ana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mabury Park, Santa Ana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mabury Park, Santa Ana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mabury Park, Santa Ana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mabury Park, Santa Ana 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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