Best PlacesWarner Springs, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warner Springs, 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.
Warner Springs ranks 47,081st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Warner Springs
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.
Warner Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Warner Springs ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 80% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Warner Springs ranks low
- Short commute57.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,432 a month, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warner Springs
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warner Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,952, 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 Warner Springs' effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Warner Springs
Warner Springs 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 Warner Springs.
Who works in Warner Springs, and how
Work in Warner Springs centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Warner Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warner Springs.
What the weather is like in Warner Springs, month by month
Warner Springs sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 51° | 35° |
| April | 76° | 58° | 42° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 56° |
| October | 85° | 64° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Warner Springs
The nearest airport, Palm Springs International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Diego International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warner Springs
Schools across Warner Springs average a D, better than 16% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Valley Center MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley Center HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Julian HighC+ · 37% proficient
- HamiltonC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warner Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warner Springs 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 Warner Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warner Springs
Is Warner Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warner Springs ranks 47,081st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, big-city access, and the weather, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warner Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $442,331. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $72,952 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Warner Springs safe?
Warner Springs is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $488 per resident a year.
Compare Warner Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warner Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warner Springs 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.
Warner Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warner Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warner Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warner Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warner Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warner Springs 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.