Best PlacesNorth Park Riverside, San Bernardino, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around North Park Riverside, San Bernardino, 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.

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North Park Riverside, San Bernardino ranks 4,323rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.

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The best neighborhoods in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino

Map of the best neighborhoods in the North Park Riverside, San Bernardino area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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North Park Riverside, San Bernardino's strengths and weaknesses

Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare North Park Riverside, San Bernardino with other neighborhoods.

Where North Park Riverside, San Bernardino ranks high

  • Nice weatherabout 221 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of neighborhoods
  • QuietBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
  • Big-city accessBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
  • Crime safetyBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
  • Low property taxBetter than 78% of neighborhoods

Where North Park Riverside, San Bernardino ranks low

  • Air qualityBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
  • Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 7% of neighborhoods
  • BikingBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino

A household needs to earn about $137,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Park Riverside, San Bernardino home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,890, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$137,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$3,207
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $536,155 home
Median rent
$2,576
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,734
Property tax$294
Homeowners insurance$179

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 North Park Riverside, San Bernardino's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino

North Park Riverside, San Bernardino runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
31
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
11%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.5
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3431%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6416%
65 and older11%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Park Riverside, San Bernardino.


Who works in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino, and how

Work in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
17%
above the national average
Unemployment
9.2%
above the national average
Job growth
+2.4%
/y 2019-2023, near the national pace

Largest industries

Transportation & warehousing13%
Retail trade12%
Public administration12%
Health care & social11%
Education10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 76%
  • Work from home 17%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 7%

Life in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across North Park Riverside, San Bernardino.


What the weather is like in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino, month by month

North Park Riverside, San Bernardino sees roughly 221 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through June and October through December.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January67°54°44°
April79°64°52°
July99°82°68°
October86°70°57°

Flying in and out of North Park Riverside, San Bernardino

The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 19 miles away.

Nearest airport
SBD
San Bernardino International, about 7 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
310th-busiest in the US, 4 nonstop destinations
Average drive
10 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around North Park Riverside, San Bernardino

Schools across North Park Riverside, San Bernardino average a D+, better than 23% of neighborhoods.

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Park Riverside, San Bernardino school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


North Park Riverside, San Bernardino 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 North Park Riverside, San Bernardino against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino

Is North Park Riverside, San Bernardino a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Park Riverside, San Bernardino ranks 4,323rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and big-city access, 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 North Park Riverside, San Bernardino expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $536,155. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $102,890 median income, cost of living beats 55% of neighborhoods.

Is North Park Riverside, San Bernardino safe?

Yes, North Park Riverside, San Bernardino is safer than 78% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Park Riverside, San Bernardino. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino 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.

North Park Riverside, San Bernardino detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for North Park Riverside, San Bernardino: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of North Park Riverside, San Bernardino: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in North Park Riverside, San Bernardino: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

North Park Riverside, San Bernardino detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.