Best PlacesThe Colony, Anaheim, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around The Colony, Anaheim, 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.
The Colony, Anaheim ranks 2,953rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in The Colony, Anaheim
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.
The Colony, Anaheim's strengths and weaknesses
Where The Colony, Anaheim ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 270 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC+, better than 74% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
Where The Colony, Anaheim ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in The Colony, Anaheim
A household needs to earn about $192,000 a year to comfortably buy the median The Colony, Anaheim home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,080, 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 The Colony, Anaheim's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 The Colony, Anaheim
The Colony, Anaheim 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 The Colony, Anaheim.
Who works in The Colony, Anaheim, and how
Work in The Colony, Anaheim centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in The Colony, Anaheim
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across The Colony, Anaheim, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in The Colony, Anaheim, month by month
The Colony, Anaheim sees roughly 270 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs September through July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 85° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of The Colony, Anaheim
John Wayne/Orange County sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 80 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around The Colony, Anaheim
Schools across The Colony, Anaheim average a C+, better than 74% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- South Junior HighD · 19% proficient
- Sycamore Junior HighD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Oxford AcademyA+ · 93% proficient
- Anaheim HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every The Colony, Anaheim school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
The Colony, Anaheim 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 The Colony, Anaheim against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who The Colony, Anaheim suits
Common questions about living in The Colony, Anaheim
Is The Colony, Anaheim a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, The Colony, Anaheim ranks 2,953rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is The Colony, Anaheim expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $746,053. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $94,080 median income, cost of living beats 30% of neighborhoods.
Is The Colony, Anaheim safe?
Yes, The Colony, Anaheim is safer than 74% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in The Colony, Anaheim?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 46. That works out to about 270 pleasant days a year, more than 95% of neighborhoods.
Is The Colony, Anaheim good for families?
Schools beat 74% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 74%, and childcare runs $1,494 a month.
Compare The Colony, Anaheim with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to The Colony, Anaheim. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in The Colony, Anaheim 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.
The Colony, Anaheim detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for The Colony, Anaheim: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in The Colony, Anaheim: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of The Colony, Anaheim: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in The Colony, Anaheim: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
The Colony, Anaheim 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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