Best PlacesSunland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunland, 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.
Sunland ranks 21,381st 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 Sunland
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.
Sunland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunland ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 246 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
Where Sunland ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunland
A household needs to earn about $230,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $99,460, 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 Sunland's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Sunland
Sunland runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sunland.
Who works in Sunland, and how
Work in Sunland centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sunland
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sunland, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sunland, month by month
Sunland sees roughly 246 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 Sunland
Bob Hope sits about 5 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 Sunland
Schools across Sunland average a C−, better than 31% of towns.
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Valley Academy Of Arts And SciencesC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunland 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 Sunland against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Sunland suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Sunland
Is Sunland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunland ranks 21,381st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sunland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $899,026. The overall cost of living runs about 45% above the national average. Set against a $99,460 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Sunland safe?
Sunland is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sunland?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 44. That works out to about 246 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Is Sunland good for families?
Schools beat 31% of towns, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Sunland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunland 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.
Sunland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunland 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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