Best PlacesValle Vista, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valle Vista, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Valle Vista ranks 44,185th 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 Valle Vista
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.
Valle Vista's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valle Vista ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 187 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
Where Valle Vista ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valle Vista
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valle Vista home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,790, 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 Valle Vista's effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valle Vista
Valle Vista 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 Valle Vista.
Who works in Valle Vista, and how
Work in Valle Vista centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Valle Vista
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valle Vista.
What the weather is like in Valle Vista, month by month
Valle Vista sees roughly 187 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 51° | 36° |
| April | 78° | 60° | 44° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 61° |
| October | 86° | 67° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Valle Vista
The nearest airport, Palm Springs International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ontario International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Valle Vista
Schools across Valle Vista average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bautista Creek ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Valle Vista ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Mountain MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Diamond Valley MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- HamiltonC · 32% proficient
- San Jacinto HighC− · 26% proficient
- Hemet HighD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valle Vista school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valle Vista 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 Valle Vista against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valle Vista
Is Valle Vista a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valle Vista ranks 44,185th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and transit, 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 Valle Vista expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $355,578. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $70,790 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Valle Vista safe?
Valle Vista is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Valle Vista with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valle Vista. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valle Vista 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.
Valle Vista detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valle Vista: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valle Vista: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valle Vista: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valle Vista: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valle Vista 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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