Best PlacesMount Baldy, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Baldy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mount Baldy ranks 46,944th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Baldy
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.
Mount Baldy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Baldy ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 177 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 70% of towns
Where Mount Baldy ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Baldy
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Baldy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,716, 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 Mount Baldy's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Mount Baldy
Mount Baldy runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Baldy.
Who works in Mount Baldy, and how
Work in Mount Baldy centers on education and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mount Baldy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Baldy.
What the weather is like in Mount Baldy, month by month
Mount Baldy sees roughly 177 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs September through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 56° | 49° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Mount Baldy
Ontario International sits about 13 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 Mount Baldy
Schools across Mount Baldy average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Magnolia ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pioneer Junior HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Ethel Kucera MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Claremont HighA · 78% proficient
- San Dimas HighA · 75% proficient
- Alta Loma HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Baldy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Baldy 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 Mount Baldy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Baldy
Is Mount Baldy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Baldy ranks 46,944th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and population health, 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 Mount Baldy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $428,027. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $82,716 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Mount Baldy safe?
Mount Baldy is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $578 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Baldy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Baldy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Baldy 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.
Mount Baldy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Baldy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Baldy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Baldy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Baldy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Baldy 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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