Best PlacesMonte Nido, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Monte Nido, 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.
Monte Nido ranks 15,665th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Monte Nido
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.
Monte Nido's strengths and weaknesses
Where Monte Nido ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 250 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$179,296 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
Where Monte Nido ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Monte Nido
A household needs to earn about $482,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Monte Nido home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $179,296, 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 Monte Nido's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Monte Nido
Monte Nido runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Monte Nido.
Who works in Monte Nido, and how
Work in Monte Nido centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Monte Nido
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Monte Nido, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Monte Nido, month by month
Monte Nido sees roughly 250 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 95° | 78° | 65° |
| October | 88° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Monte Nido
Los Angeles International sits about 19 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 36.7 million passengers in 2025, with 247 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Monte Nido
Schools across Monte Nido average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chaparral ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Lupin Hill ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arthur E. Wright MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Alice C. Stelle MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Calabasas HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Monte Nido school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Monte Nido 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 Monte Nido against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Monte Nido
Is Monte Nido a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Monte Nido ranks 15,665th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Monte Nido expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,884,001. The overall cost of living runs about 83% above the national average. Set against a $179,296 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Monte Nido safe?
Monte Nido is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $770 per resident a year.
Compare Monte Nido with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Monte Nido. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Monte Nido 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.
Monte Nido detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Monte Nido: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Monte Nido: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Monte Nido: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Monte Nido: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Monte Nido 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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