Best PlacesRialto, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rialto, 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.
Rialto ranks 412th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on air quality and thin health care access. It does better on the weather, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Rialto
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.
Rialto's strengths and weaknesses
Rialto ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. The weather, big-city access, and few empty homes carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: air quality, thin health care access, and civic engagement all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Rialto ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 221 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of cities
Where Rialto ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rialto
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rialto home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,085, 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 Rialto's effective rate of 0.69%, 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.
Who lives in Rialto
Rialto 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 Rialto.
Who works in Rialto, and how
Work in Rialto centers on transportation & warehousing 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 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rialto
Rialto has more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Rialto and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rialto, month by month
Rialto 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 99° | 82° | 68° |
| October | 86° | 70° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Rialto
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 13 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rialto
Schools across Rialto average a C−, better than 19% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Merle S. Casey ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Charlotte N. Werner ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- West Boron ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Joe BacaD+ · 26% proficient
- William G. Jehue MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Ethel Kucera MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Jurupa Hills HighA− · 65% proficient
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Grand Terrace High Sch At The Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rialto school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rialto 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 Rialto against the other 444 cities.
Who Rialto suits
Common questions about living in Rialto
Is Rialto a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rialto ranks 412th of 445 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and few empty homes, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rialto expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $485,449. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $92,085 median income, cost of living beats 15% of cities.
Is Rialto safe?
Rialto is safer than 34% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rialto?
July highs average about 99 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 44. That works out to about 221 pleasant days a year, more than 89% of cities.
Is Rialto good for families?
Schools beat 19% of cities, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $1,252 a month.
Is Rialto good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 15% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 22% of cities. About 8% of workers already work from home.
Compare Rialto with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rialto. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rialto 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.
Rialto detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rialto: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rialto: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rialto: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rialto: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rialto 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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