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Not everyone is cut out for city life. Some people would prefer to live in the cities and towns that surround Rancho Cucamonga.
So the question arises, do the suburbs maintain a semblance of the larger-than-life appeal of their more famous neighbor?
Today, we'll use science and data to determine which Rancho Cucamonga 'burbs need a little tender loving care - the sore thumbs of the Rancho Cucamonga area if you will. Realistically, you can't expect all the suburbs to live up to Rancho Cucamonga proper, although Yorba Linda certainly tries.
Of course, not all suburbs of Rancho Cucamonga are created equally, which is precisely why we set out to find the best ones..
We examined the 52 biggest suburbs of Rancho Cucamonga to find out the worst places to live. And while you won't necessarily find them on the worst places to live in california lists, these ten places are a little too far downwind of Rancho Cucamonga in terms of quality of life.
Here are the 10 worst suburbs around Rancho Cucamonga for 2021:
What's the worst suburb of Rancho Cucamonga? San Bernardino ranks as the worst suburb of Rancho Cucamonga for 2021 based on the most recent Census and FBI data.
Read on to see how we determined the places around Rancho Cucamonga that need a pick-me-up. And remember, don't blame the messenger.
Or, if you're thinking of moving to elsewhere in california check out the best places in california overall or the worst.
And remember, there are some good places to live around Rancho Cucamonga too.
Editor's Note: If you see a slight difference between the worst in state rankings and this suburb ranking, it's because of the methodology. We needed a way to include more places, so we eliminated crime and commute times as criteria for this analysis.
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The 10 Worst Rancho Cucamonga Suburbs To Live For 2021
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We'll get the ball rolling with San Bernardino, the absolute worst place to live around Rancho Cucamonga according to the data.
And in the world of worst rankings, San Bernardino beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the worst in the Rancho Cucamonga area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 3rd worst when it comes to home values.
But hey, at least it's cheap to live there. But there's a reason for that... it's San Bernardino.
You won't feel bad about not having a great income for the area, there aren't a bunch of places to spend your money anyway.
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Population: 94,203
Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Median Income: $53,561 (4th lowest)
Unemployment Rate: 10.3% (2nd highest)
Median Home Value: $235,700 (2nd lowest)
More on Hesperia: Data
Welcome to Hesperia. Home to KMart, Big Lots, and a lot of gas stations.
This city is 23.6 miles to Rancho Cucamonga. Income levels here are the 4th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $53,561 a year, which doesn't go a long ways even on a shoestring budget.
But on the bright side, there are a lot of fast food joints in the area.
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Back up the highway we go for the third worst Rancho Cucamonga suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Rialto on here. While the cost of living is low, your entertainment and work options are limited. And that's an understatement.
In terms of numbers, it's in the worst 15% for insurance, and the adult high school drop out rate is poor compared to other Rancho Cucamonga suburbs.
But at least there are nice parks to bring the kids during the day.
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Population: 105,653
Rank Last Year: 5 (Up 1)
Median Income: $70,642 (19th lowest)
Unemployment Rate: 8.7% (4th highest)
Median Home Value: $363,000 (10th lowest)
More on Jurupa Valley: Data
If you live in Jurupa Valley, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 19th lowest Rancho Cucamonga suburb when it comes to residents making money.
Not only that, but this is the 4th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Rancho Cucamonga. Remember, we looked at 52 cities for this study.
Jurupa Valley is about 10.0 miles to downtown.
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Highland has the distinction of being a Rancho Cucamonga suburb. Which means that's about all it has going for it.
All snarkiness aside, Highland has the 8th lowest home values in the metro Rancho Cucamonga area, where the median price is $330,200. To put that into perspective, in Yorba Linda, the median income is $165,000, which is the best in the area.
Highland has an unemployment rate of 8.32% which ranks 6th worst.
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Colton has 54,580 residents that probably know it's a pretty crummy place to live when you look at the data. (Or, if you've ever been there, you don't need to look at the data.)
Incomes are towards the bottom and the poverty rate sits at 15.063617923658493%.
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Ah, Moreno Valley. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Rancho Cucamonga.
It's the place with the 5th most out of work residents in the Rancho Cucamonga metro area (8.36%).
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Pomona is a city about 12.1 miles from Rancho Cucamonga, but Rancho Cucamonga probably wishes it was further away. It ranks as the 8th worst burb for 2018.
You'd be hard pressed to find a worse place to live. Pomona has the 7th most uninsured people, 9th worst incomes, and has the 10th highest unemployment rate (7.1%) in the entire Rancho Cucamonga metro area.
Homes only cost $394,500 for a reason. That's cheap for Rancho Cucamonga standards.
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If you absolutely have to live near Rancho Cucamonga, then Montclair might be a place for you to consider as it's only the 9th worst Rancho Cucamonga suburb.
About 7.47% of residents are out of work.
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Rounding out the ten worst Rancho Cucamonga suburbs to call home is El Monte.
Located 26.8 miles outside the city, El Montes is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 19th highest unemployment rate (6.24%), and poverty is far above the area average.
Determining The Worst Suburbs Around Rancho Cucamonga for 2021
To figure out how bad a place is to live in, we only needed to know what kinds of things people like and then decide what cities have the least amount of those things.
We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using the most recent American Community Survey data from 2015-2019, this is the criteria we used:
- High unemployment rate
- Low median household incomes
- Low population density (no things to do)
- Low home values
- A lot of high school drop outs
- High poverty
- High rate of uninsured families
FYI: We defined a suburb as being within 30 miles of Rancho Cucamonga.
Additionally, we limited the analysis to places that have over 4,000 people. This left us with a grand total of 52 suburbs to evaluate around Rancho Cucamonga.
We ranked each place with scores from 1 to 52 in each category, where 1 was the "worst".
Next, we averaged the rankings for each place to create a quality of life index.
And finally, we crowned the city with the worst quality of life index the "Worst Suburb near Rancho Cucamonga." We're lookin' at you, San Bernardino. You can download the data here.
Read on below to learn more about what it's like to live in the worst of the worst. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the suburbs ranked from worst to best.
The areas around Rancho Cucamonga where the dream is more of a nightmare for 2021
Well there you have it -- the worst of the 'burbs surrounding Rancho Cucamonga with San Bernardino casting itself ahead of the pack.
As we mentioned earlier, the suburbs around Rancho Cucamonga aren't all bad. Yorba Linda takes the cake as the best place to live around Rancho Cucamonga.
- Yorba Linda
- Villa Park
- El Cerrito
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Detailed List Of The Worst Rancho Cucamonga Suburbs
Rank | City | Population |
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1 | San Bernardino | 216,089 |
2 | Hesperia | 94,203 |
3 | Rialto | 103,045 |
4 | Jurupa Valley | 105,653 |
5 | Highland | 55,049 |
6 | Colton | 54,580 |
7 | Moreno Valley | 207,289 |
8 | Pomona | 152,209 |
9 | Montclair | 39,155 |
10 | El Monte | 115,517 |
11 | Ontario | 176,760 |
12 | South El Monte | 20,721 |
13 | Riverside | 326,414 |
14 | La Puente | 40,020 |
15 | Fontana | 210,759 |
16 | Loma Linda | 24,184 |
17 | Azusa | 49,753 |
18 | Baldwin Park | 75,892 |
19 | Temple | 4,549 |
20 | Duarte | 21,559 |
21 | Chino | 89,631 |
22 | Anaheim | 349,964 |
23 | Redlands | 71,198 |
24 | La Habra | 60,594 |
25 | Rosemead | 54,282 |
26 | Grand Terrace | 12,510 |
27 | Corona | 166,972 |
28 | Covina | 48,095 |
29 | Upland | 76,596 |
30 | Fullerton | 139,611 |
31 | Monrovia | 36,816 |
32 | West Covina | 106,589 |
33 | Glendora | 51,801 |
34 | La Verne | 32,211 |
35 | Orange | 139,887 |
36 | Norco | 26,670 |
37 | Whittier | 86,090 |
38 | San Dimas | 34,048 |
39 | Brea | 42,678 |
40 | La Mirada | 48,764 |
41 | Chino Hills | 80,701 |
42 | Placentia | 51,818 |
43 | La Habra Heights | 6,574 |
44 | Claremont | 36,090 |
45 | Diamond Bar | 56,211 |
46 | Arcadia | 58,152 |
47 | Sierra Madre | 10,932 |
48 | Walnut | 29,903 |
49 | Eastvale | 62,046 |
50 | El Cerrito | 25,398 |
51 | Villa Park | 5,861 |
52 | Yorba Linda | 67,725 |