Best PlacesRiverside Rancho, Glendale, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Riverside Rancho, Glendale, 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.
Riverside Rancho, Glendale ranks 3,967th 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.
The best neighborhoods in Riverside Rancho, Glendale
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.
Riverside Rancho, Glendale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Riverside Rancho, Glendale ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 247 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
Where Riverside Rancho, Glendale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Riverside Rancho, Glendale
A household needs to earn about $224,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Riverside Rancho, Glendale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,817, 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 Riverside Rancho, Glendale's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Riverside Rancho, Glendale
Riverside Rancho, Glendale's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Riverside Rancho, Glendale.
Who works in Riverside Rancho, Glendale, and how
Work in Riverside Rancho, Glendale centers on health care & social and arts & entertainment. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Riverside Rancho, Glendale
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Riverside Rancho, Glendale, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Riverside Rancho, Glendale, month by month
Riverside Rancho, Glendale sees roughly 247 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Riverside Rancho, Glendale
Bob Hope sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Riverside Rancho, Glendale
Schools across Riverside Rancho, Glendale average a B, better than 73% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Benjamin Franklin ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- William Mckinley ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Burroughs HighA− · 62% proficient
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Herbert Hoover HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Riverside Rancho, Glendale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Riverside Rancho, Glendale 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 Riverside Rancho, Glendale against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Riverside Rancho, Glendale
Is Riverside Rancho, Glendale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Riverside Rancho, Glendale ranks 3,967th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and low property taxes, and lowest on noise and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Riverside Rancho, Glendale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $896,777. The overall cost of living runs about 56% above the national average. Set against a $74,817 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Riverside Rancho, Glendale safe?
Riverside Rancho, Glendale is safer than 45% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $491 per resident a year.
Compare Riverside Rancho, Glendale with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Riverside Rancho, Glendale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Riverside Rancho, Glendale 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.
Riverside Rancho, Glendale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Riverside Rancho, Glendale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Riverside Rancho, Glendale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Riverside Rancho, Glendale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Riverside Rancho, Glendale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Riverside Rancho, Glendale 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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