Best PlacesNew Horizons, Santa Ana, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Horizons, Santa Ana, 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.
New Horizons, Santa Ana ranks 1,422nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Horizons, Santa Ana
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.
New Horizons, Santa Ana's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Horizons, Santa Ana ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 327 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where New Horizons, Santa Ana ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in New Horizons, Santa Ana
A household needs to earn about $151,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Horizons, Santa Ana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,513, 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 New Horizons, Santa Ana's effective rate of 0.37%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Horizons, Santa Ana
New Horizons, Santa Ana 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 New Horizons, Santa Ana.
Who works in New Horizons, Santa Ana, and how
Work in New Horizons, Santa Ana centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in New Horizons, Santa Ana
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across New Horizons, Santa Ana, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Horizons, Santa Ana, month by month
New Horizons, Santa Ana sees roughly 327 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 73° | 63° | 56° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 66° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 61° |
Flying in and out of New Horizons, Santa Ana
John Wayne/Orange County sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 80 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Horizons, Santa Ana
Schools across New Horizons, Santa Ana average a C, better than 40% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Jim Thorpe FundamentalC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Hector G. GodinezC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Horizons, Santa Ana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Horizons, Santa Ana 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 New Horizons, Santa Ana against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in New Horizons, Santa Ana
Is New Horizons, Santa Ana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Horizons, Santa Ana ranks 1,422nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Horizons, Santa Ana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $613,036. The overall cost of living runs about 39% above the national average. Set against a $134,513 median income, cost of living beats 59% of neighborhoods.
Is New Horizons, Santa Ana safe?
Yes, New Horizons, Santa Ana is safer than 90% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare New Horizons, Santa Ana with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Horizons, Santa Ana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Horizons, Santa Ana 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.
New Horizons, Santa Ana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Horizons, Santa Ana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Horizons, Santa Ana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Horizons, Santa Ana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Horizons, Santa Ana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Horizons, Santa Ana 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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