Best PlacesSmiley Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Smiley Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Smiley Park ranks 27,639th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Smiley Park
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.
Smiley Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Smiley Park ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 176 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$140,217 median, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
Where Smiley Park ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Smiley Park
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Smiley Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $140,217; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Smiley Park's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Smiley Park
Smiley Park runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Smiley Park.
Who works in Smiley Park, and how
Work in Smiley Park centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Smiley Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Smiley Park.
What the weather is like in Smiley Park, month by month
Smiley Park sees roughly 176 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 Smiley Park
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 30 miles away.
The best schools in and around Smiley Park
Schools across Smiley Park average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Mary P. Henck IntermediateD+ · 25% proficient
- Serrano MiddleF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Rim Of The World Senior HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Smiley Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Smiley Park 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 Smiley Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Smiley Park
Is Smiley Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Smiley Park ranks 27,639th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and big-city access, 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 Smiley Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $597,000. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $140,217 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Smiley Park safe?
Yes, Smiley Park is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $275 per resident a year.
Compare Smiley Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Smiley Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Smiley Park 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.
Smiley Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Smiley Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Smiley Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Smiley Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Smiley Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Smiley Park 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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