Best PlacesWildomar, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wildomar, 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.
Wildomar ranks 1,209th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wildomar
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.
Wildomar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wildomar ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 282 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of cities
Where Wildomar ranks low
- Short commute39.9 minutes each way, better than only 1% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wildomar
A household needs to earn about $147,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wildomar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,108, 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 Wildomar's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Wildomar
Wildomar 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 Wildomar.
Who works in Wildomar, and how
Work in Wildomar centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wildomar
Wildomar has more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. The coast is about 48 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Wildomar and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wildomar, month by month
Wildomar sees roughly 282 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 47° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 51° |
| July | 89° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 85° | 68° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Wildomar
The nearest airport, San Bernardino International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Wayne/Orange County, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wildomar
Schools across Wildomar average a B−, better than 44% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Cottonwood Canyon ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Donald Graham ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- William Collier ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canyon Lake MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- David A. Brown MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Elsinore HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wildomar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wildomar 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 Wildomar against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wildomar suits
Families
Schools land around the 44th percentile and crime safety beats 82%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wildomar
Is Wildomar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wildomar ranks 1,209th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wildomar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $559,894. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $108,108 median income, cost of living beats 49% of cities.
Is Wildomar safe?
Yes, Wildomar is safer than 82% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wildomar?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 47. That works out to about 282 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of cities.
Is Wildomar good for families?
Schools beat 44% of cities, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,337 a month.
Compare Wildomar with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wildomar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wildomar 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.
Wildomar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wildomar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wildomar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wildomar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wildomar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wildomar 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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