Best PlacesYorktown, Huntington Beach, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yorktown, Huntington Beach, 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.
Yorktown, Huntington Beach ranks 848th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yorktown, Huntington Beach
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.
Yorktown, Huntington Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yorktown, Huntington Beach ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 326 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Yorktown, Huntington Beach ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,494 a month, better than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Yorktown, Huntington Beach
A household needs to earn about $322,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yorktown, Huntington Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $126,913, 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 Yorktown, Huntington Beach's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Yorktown, Huntington Beach
Yorktown, Huntington Beach runs younger 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 Yorktown, Huntington Beach.
Who works in Yorktown, Huntington Beach, and how
Work in Yorktown, Huntington Beach centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Yorktown, Huntington Beach
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Yorktown, Huntington Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Yorktown, Huntington Beach, month by month
Yorktown, Huntington Beach sees roughly 326 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 73° | 63° | 56° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 66° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Yorktown, Huntington Beach
John Wayne/Orange County sits about 7 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 80 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Yorktown, Huntington Beach
Schools across Yorktown, Huntington Beach average a B+, better than 82% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Huntington Beach HighA · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yorktown, Huntington Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yorktown, Huntington Beach 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 Yorktown, Huntington Beach against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Yorktown, Huntington Beach
Is Yorktown, Huntington Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yorktown, Huntington Beach ranks 848th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, few empty homes, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yorktown, Huntington Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,271,440. The overall cost of living runs about 60% above the national average. Set against a $126,913 median income, cost of living beats 48% of neighborhoods.
Is Yorktown, Huntington Beach safe?
Yes, Yorktown, Huntington Beach is safer than 71% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare Yorktown, Huntington Beach with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yorktown, Huntington Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yorktown, Huntington Beach 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.
Yorktown, Huntington Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yorktown, Huntington Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yorktown, Huntington Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yorktown, Huntington Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yorktown, Huntington Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yorktown, Huntington Beach 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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