Best Neighborhoods in Valencia, CA
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valencia, 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.
Valencia ranks 696th of 2,098 U.S. small cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
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Map of the best neighborhoods in Valencia
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.
Valencia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valencia ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 281 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of small cities
- BikingBetter than 96% of small cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of small cities
- Household income$130,891 median, better than 83% of small cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of small cities
Where Valencia ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of small cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of small cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of small cities
- Short commute30.2 minutes each way, better than only 24% of small cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 37% of small cities
What it costs to buy a home in Valencia
A household needs to earn about $228,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valencia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $130,891, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Valencia's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Valencia
Valencia runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valencia.
Who works in Valencia, and how
Work in Valencia centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Valencia
Valencia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of small cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of small cities. The coast is about 29 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Valencia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Valencia, month by month
Valencia sees roughly 281 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs October through June.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 60° | 51° |
| April | 74° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 82° | 74° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Valencia
Bob Hope sits about 19 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 Valencia
Schools across Valencia average a B, better than 58% of small cities.
Top elementary schools
- West Creek AcademyA+ · 81% proficient
- Oak Hills ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Tesoro Del Valle ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rancho Pico Junior HighA+ · 70% proficient
- Rio Norte Junior HighA · 63% proficient
- Arroyo Seco Junior HighA− · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Academy Of The CanyonsA+ · 85% proficient
- West Ranch HighA+ · 71% proficient
- Valencia HighA+ · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valencia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valencia 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 Valencia against the other 2,097 small cities.
Who Valencia suits
Retirees
The weather beats 98% of small cities and health care access beats 57%.
Common questions about living in Valencia
Is Valencia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valencia ranks 696th of 2,098 small cities. It scores highest on the weather, biking, and walkability, 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 Valencia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $855,634. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $130,891 median income, cost of living beats 60% of small cities.
Is Valencia safe?
Valencia is safer than 37% of small cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $411 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Valencia?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 51. That works out to about 281 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of small cities.
Is Valencia good for families?
Schools beat 58% of small cities, crime safety beats 37%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Valencia with other small cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valencia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valencia 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.
Valencia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valencia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valencia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valencia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valencia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valencia 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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