Best PlacesOak Hills, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Hills, 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.
Oak Hills ranks 34,356th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Hills
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.
Oak Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Hills ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Oak Hills ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute50.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Hills
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $103,007, 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 Oak Hills' effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Oak Hills
Oak Hills 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 Oak Hills.
Who works in Oak Hills, and how
Work in Oak Hills centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oak Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oak Hills.
What the weather is like in Oak Hills, month by month
Oak Hills sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 60° | 44° |
| July | 101° | 84° | 66° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Oak Hills
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oak Hills
Schools across Oak Hills average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Quail Valley MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Cedar MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Hills HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Cajon HighC · 31% proficient
- Canyon Ridge HighF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Hills 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 Oak Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Hills
Is Oak Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Hills ranks 34,356th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $546,740. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $103,007 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Oak Hills safe?
Oak Hills is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Hills 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.
Oak Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Hills 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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