Best PlacesNewport Coast, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newport Coast, 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.
Newport Coast ranks 1,343rd 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 Newport Coast
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.
Newport Coast's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newport Coast ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 321 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$199,365 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Newport Coast ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,494 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newport Coast
A household needs to earn about $490,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newport Coast home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $199,365, 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 Newport Coast's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Newport Coast
Newport Coast runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Newport Coast.
Who works in Newport Coast, and how
Work in Newport Coast centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Newport Coast
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Newport Coast, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newport Coast, month by month
Newport Coast sees roughly 321 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 Newport Coast
John Wayne/Orange County sits about 6 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 Newport Coast
Schools across Newport Coast average an A, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newport Coast ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Harbor View ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Newport ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- University HighA+ · 85% proficient
- Corona Del Mar HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newport Coast school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newport Coast 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 Newport Coast against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newport Coast
Is Newport Coast a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newport Coast ranks 1,343rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newport Coast expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,901,503. The overall cost of living runs about 149% above the national average. Set against a $199,365 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Newport Coast safe?
Newport Coast is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $417 per resident a year.
Compare Newport Coast with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newport Coast. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newport Coast 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.
Newport Coast detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newport Coast: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newport Coast: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newport Coast: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newport Coast: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newport Coast 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.