Best PlacesMira Loma, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mira Loma, 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.
Mira Loma ranks 1,423rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mira Loma
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.
Mira Loma's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mira Loma ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 221 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 90% of cities
- Household income$115,421 median, better than 72% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of cities
Where Mira Loma ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of cities
- Short commute34.3 minutes each way, better than only 8% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Mira Loma
A household needs to earn about $177,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mira Loma home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,421, 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 Mira Loma'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 Mira Loma
Mira Loma 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 Mira Loma.
Who works in Mira Loma, and how
Work in Mira Loma centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mira Loma
Mira Loma has more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. The coast is about 38 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Mira Loma and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mira Loma, month by month
Mira Loma sees roughly 221 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 Mira Loma
Ontario International sits about 6 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 Mira Loma
Schools across Mira Loma average a B−, better than 52% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Pedley ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mira Loma MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Patriot HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mira Loma school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mira Loma 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 Mira Loma against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Mira Loma suits
Common questions about living in Mira Loma
Is Mira Loma a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mira Loma ranks 1,423rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mira Loma expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $679,457. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $115,421 median income, cost of living beats 47% of cities.
Is Mira Loma safe?
Mira Loma is safer than 55% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mira Loma?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 43. That works out to about 221 pleasant days a year, more than 93% of cities.
Is Mira Loma good for families?
Schools beat 52% of cities, crime safety beats 55%, and childcare runs $1,337 a month.
Compare Mira Loma with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mira Loma. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mira Loma 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.
Mira Loma detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mira Loma: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mira Loma: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mira Loma: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mira Loma: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mira Loma 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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