Best PlacesMagnolia Center, Riverside, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Magnolia Center, Riverside, 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.
Magnolia Center, Riverside ranks 4,127th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Magnolia Center, Riverside
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.
Magnolia Center, Riverside's strengths and weaknesses
Where Magnolia Center, Riverside ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 233 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 67% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
Where Magnolia Center, Riverside ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Short commute28.7 minutes each way, better than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Magnolia Center, Riverside
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Magnolia Center, Riverside home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,552, 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 Magnolia Center, Riverside's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Magnolia Center, Riverside
Magnolia Center, Riverside runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Magnolia Center, Riverside.
Who works in Magnolia Center, Riverside, and how
Work in Magnolia Center, Riverside centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Magnolia Center, Riverside
Magnolia Center, Riverside has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 40 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Magnolia Center, Riverside and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Magnolia Center, Riverside, month by month
Magnolia Center, Riverside sees roughly 233 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs September through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 43° |
| April | 80° | 63° | 50° |
| July | 97° | 78° | 64° |
| October | 87° | 70° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Magnolia Center, Riverside
Ontario International sits about 14 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 Magnolia Center, Riverside
Schools across Magnolia Center, Riverside average a C, better than 43% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Pachappa ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sierra MiddleF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Magnolia Center, Riverside school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Magnolia Center, Riverside 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 Magnolia Center, Riverside against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Magnolia Center, Riverside
Is Magnolia Center, Riverside a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Magnolia Center, Riverside ranks 4,127th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and low property taxes, 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 Magnolia Center, Riverside expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $553,423. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $88,552 median income, cost of living beats 40% of neighborhoods.
Is Magnolia Center, Riverside safe?
Magnolia Center, Riverside is safer than 28% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $673 per resident a year.
Compare Magnolia Center, Riverside with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Magnolia Center, Riverside. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Magnolia Center, Riverside 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.
Magnolia Center, Riverside detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Magnolia Center, Riverside: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Magnolia Center, Riverside: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Magnolia Center, Riverside: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Magnolia Center, Riverside: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Magnolia Center, Riverside 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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