Best PlacesNorth Redlands, Redlands, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around North Redlands, Redlands, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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North Redlands, Redlands ranks 3,444th 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 Redlands, Redlands

Map of the best neighborhoods in the North Redlands, Redlands area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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North Redlands, Redlands' 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 Redlands, Redlands with other neighborhoods.

Where North Redlands, Redlands ranks high

  • Nice weatherabout 218 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of neighborhoods
  • Internet speedBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
  • Low vacancyBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
  • Big-city accessBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
  • Low property taxBetter than 77% of neighborhoods

Where North Redlands, Redlands ranks low

  • Air qualityBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
  • State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in North Redlands, Redlands

A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Redlands, Redlands home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,989, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$129,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$3,015
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $503,856 home
Median rent
$2,099
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,569
Property tax$278
Homeowners insurance$168

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 Redlands, Redlands' 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 9 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 Redlands, Redlands

North Redlands, Redlands runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
33
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
13%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.1
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3430%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6415%
65 and older12%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Redlands, Redlands.


Who works in North Redlands, Redlands, and how

Work in North Redlands, Redlands centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
15%
about the national average
Unemployment
6.4%
above the national average
Job growth
+1.3%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social14%
Retail trade13%
Education12%
Other services8%
Transportation & warehousing8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 79%
  • Work from home 15%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 6%

Life in North Redlands, Redlands

North Redlands, Redlands has more parkland per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of North Redlands, Redlands and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
36
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 17.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 41% of neighborhoods
Parkland
110 acres
about 5.2 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 77% of neighborhoods
Living on campus
1,425
students living in college or university housing

What the weather is like in North Redlands, Redlands, month by month

North Redlands, Redlands sees roughly 218 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 Redlands, Redlands

The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 25 miles away.

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

North Redlands, Redlands 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 Redlands, Redlands against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Who North Redlands, Redlands suits

Families

Schools land around the 55th percentile and crime safety beats 77%.

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Remote workers

Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 89% of neighborhoods and it is quieter than 57%.

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Common questions about living in North Redlands, Redlands

Is North Redlands, Redlands a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Redlands, Redlands ranks 3,444th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and few empty homes, 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 Redlands, Redlands expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $503,856. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $93,989 median income, cost of living beats 46% of neighborhoods.

Is North Redlands, Redlands safe?

Yes, North Redlands, Redlands is safer than 77% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in North Redlands, Redlands?

July highs average about 99 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 44. That works out to about 218 pleasant days a year, more than 89% of neighborhoods.

Is North Redlands, Redlands good for families?

Schools beat 55% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 77%, and childcare runs $1,252 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Redlands, Redlands. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Redlands, Redlands 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 Redlands, Redlands detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

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

North Redlands, Redlands 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.