Best PlacesTecate, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tecate, 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.
Tecate ranks 48,344th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tecate
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.
Tecate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tecate ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 225 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute20.2 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
Where Tecate ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$20,573 median, better than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Tecate
Tecate 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 Tecate.
Who works in Tecate, and how
Work in Tecate centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tecate
Tecate has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 44 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tecate and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tecate, month by month
Tecate sees roughly 225 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 43. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 62° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Tecate
San Diego International sits about 34 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.7 million passengers in 2025, with 121 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tecate
Schools across Tecate average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Potrero ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak Grove MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
- Camp Lockett MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Valhalla HighB · 48% proficient
- Mountain Empire HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tecate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tecate 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 Tecate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tecate
Is Tecate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tecate ranks 48,344th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and transit, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tecate safe?
Tecate is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $616 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tecate?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 43. That works out to about 225 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of towns.
Compare Tecate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tecate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tecate 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.
Tecate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tecate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tecate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tecate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tecate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tecate 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.
- 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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