Best PlacesValyermo, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valyermo, 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.
Valyermo ranks 45,038th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Valyermo
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.
Valyermo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valyermo ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 177 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 75% of towns
- Household income$73,745 median, better than 54% of towns
Where Valyermo ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% 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 Valyermo
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valyermo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $73,745, 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 Valyermo's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Valyermo
Valyermo runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valyermo.
Who works in Valyermo, and how
Work in Valyermo centers on education and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Valyermo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valyermo.
What the weather is like in Valyermo, month by month
Valyermo sees roughly 177 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 60° | 44° |
| July | 101° | 84° | 66° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Valyermo
Ontario International sits about 29 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with 62 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Valyermo
Schools across Valyermo average a C, better than 46% of towns.
Top high schools
- Glendora HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valyermo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valyermo 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 Valyermo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valyermo
Is Valyermo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valyermo ranks 45,038th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, the weather, and quiet, 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 Valyermo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $447,582. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $73,745 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Valyermo safe?
Valyermo is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $458 per resident a year.
Compare Valyermo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valyermo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valyermo 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.
Valyermo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valyermo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valyermo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valyermo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valyermo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valyermo 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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