Best PlacesMontrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta, 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.
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta ranks 1,711th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta
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.
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 235 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB, better than 80% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Short commute28.6 minutes each way, better than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta
A household needs to earn about $243,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $117,844, 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 Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta'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 Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta.
Who works in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta, and how
Work in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 23 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta, month by month
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta sees roughly 235 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta
Bob Hope sits about 7 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta
Schools across Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta average a B, better than 80% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Crescenta Valley HighA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta 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 Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta
Is Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta ranks 1,711th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and good schools, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $948,997. The overall cost of living runs about 50% above the national average. Set against a $117,844 median income, cost of living beats 46% of neighborhoods.
Is Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta safe?
Yes, Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta is safer than 67% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta 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.
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Montrose Verdugo City, La Crescenta 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.
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