Best PlacesNortheast, Anaheim, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Northeast, Anaheim, 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.

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Northeast, Anaheim ranks 3,264th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Northeast, Anaheim

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Northeast, Anaheim area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Northeast, Anaheim's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%The weather
Top 10%Big-city access
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Northeast, Anaheim with other neighborhoods.

Where Northeast, Anaheim ranks high

  • Nice weatherabout 269 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of neighborhoods
  • Big-city accessBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
  • Low property taxBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
  • Low vacancyBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
  • Crime safetyBetter than 78% of neighborhoods

Where Northeast, Anaheim ranks low

  • QuietBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
  • Air qualityBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Northeast, Anaheim

A household needs to earn about $183,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Northeast, Anaheim home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,860, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$183,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$4,281
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $724,148 home
Median rent
$2,316
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$3,692
Property tax$347
Homeowners insurance$241

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 Northeast, Anaheim's effective rate of 0.57%, 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.

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

Who lives in Northeast, Anaheim

Northeast, Anaheim runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
35
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
11%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.6
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3426%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6419%
65 and older11%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Northeast, Anaheim.


Who works in Northeast, Anaheim, and how

Work in Northeast, Anaheim centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
10%
below the national average
Unemployment
4.9%
about the national average
Job growth
+5.3%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social14%
Manufacturing14%
Retail trade11%
Construction8%
Hospitality & food8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 85%
  • Work from home 10%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 5%

Life in Northeast, Anaheim

The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Northeast, Anaheim, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
170
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 40.0 per 10,000 residents, more than 59% of neighborhoods
Coffee shops
14
about 3.3 per 10,000 residents, more than 64% of neighborhoods
To the coast
16 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in Northeast, Anaheim, month by month

Northeast, Anaheim sees roughly 269 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January71°57°46°
April77°64°54°
July87°74°66°
October85°70°58°

Flying in and out of Northeast, Anaheim

John Wayne/Orange County sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 80 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
SNA
John Wayne/Orange County, about 12 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
42nd-busiest in the US, 80 nonstop destinations
Average drive
17 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Northeast, Anaheim

Schools across Northeast, Anaheim average a B−, better than 75% of neighborhoods.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Northeast, Anaheim school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Northeast, Anaheim 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 Northeast, Anaheim against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Who Northeast, Anaheim suits

Families

Schools beat 75% of neighborhoods and crime safety beats 78%.

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Remote workers

10% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 95% of neighborhoods.

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Common questions about living in Northeast, Anaheim

Is Northeast, Anaheim a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Northeast, Anaheim ranks 3,264th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and low property taxes, and lowest on noise and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Northeast, Anaheim expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $724,148. The overall cost of living runs about 37% above the national average. Set against a $97,860 median income, cost of living beats 32% of neighborhoods.

Is Northeast, Anaheim safe?

Yes, Northeast, Anaheim is safer than 78% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Northeast, Anaheim?

July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 46. That works out to about 269 pleasant days a year, more than 95% of neighborhoods.

Is Northeast, Anaheim good for families?

Schools beat 75% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $1,494 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Northeast, Anaheim. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Northeast, Anaheim 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.

Northeast, Anaheim detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

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

Northeast, Anaheim 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.