Best PlacesSparr Heights, Glendale, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sparr Heights, 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.
Sparr Heights, Glendale ranks 1,500th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sparr Heights, 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.
Sparr Heights, Glendale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sparr Heights, Glendale ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 238 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Household income$149,292 median, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Sparr Heights, Glendale ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sparr Heights, Glendale
A household needs to earn about $344,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sparr Heights, Glendale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $149,292, 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 Sparr Heights, Glendale's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Sparr Heights, Glendale
Sparr Heights, Glendale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sparr Heights, Glendale.
Who works in Sparr Heights, Glendale, and how
Work in Sparr Heights, Glendale centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Sparr Heights, Glendale
Sparr Heights, Glendale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 22 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Sparr Heights, Glendale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sparr Heights, Glendale, month by month
Sparr Heights, Glendale sees roughly 238 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 Sparr Heights, Glendale
Bob Hope sits about 7 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 Sparr Heights, Glendale
Schools across Sparr Heights, Glendale average a B+, better than 79% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Crescenta Valley HighA · 77% proficient
- Glendale HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sparr Heights, Glendale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sparr Heights, 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 Sparr Heights, Glendale against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Sparr Heights, Glendale
Is Sparr Heights, Glendale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sparr Heights, Glendale ranks 1,500th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sparr Heights, Glendale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,350,523. The overall cost of living runs about 57% above the national average. Set against a $149,292 median income, cost of living beats 65% of neighborhoods.
Is Sparr Heights, Glendale safe?
Sparr Heights, Glendale is safer than 44% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $514 per resident a year.
Compare Sparr Heights, Glendale with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sparr Heights, Glendale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sparr Heights, 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.
Sparr Heights, Glendale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sparr Heights, Glendale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sparr Heights, Glendale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sparr Heights, Glendale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sparr Heights, Glendale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sparr Heights, 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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