San Bernardino, CA: Local News, Events & Neighbors

San Bernardino ( SAN BUR-nə-DEE-noh; Spanish: [ˌsãm beɾ.naɾˈð̞i.no]) is a city in and the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the 18th–most populous city in California. The Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan area at 4.74 million residents is the 12th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. San Bernardino is the economic, cultural, and political hub of the San Bernardino Valley, sharing that distinction for the wider Inland Empire with its twin city of Riverside. San Bernardino was named in 1810, when Spanish priest Francisco Dumetz l…

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How San Bernardino ranks

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#159Lowest property tax in CA #211Cheapest rent in CA #222Most affordable in CA All CA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code92401, 92402, 92403

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Living in San Bernardino

Housing in San Bernardino

$492K▲ 2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical San Bernardino home is worth about $492,000, up 2% in a year, 36% below the California typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market47

Sale-to-list100.6%

Sold in May78

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Safety in San Bernardino

D

Safety Grade D

San Bernardino reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

San Bernardino 8.9

California 4.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

San Bernardino 24.3

California 18.2

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in San Bernardino

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C⁺

School Grade C+

The public schools San Bernardino’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictSan Bernardino City UnifiedSchools85

George Brown Jr. ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 733 students J.P. Kelley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 661 students Del Rosa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 659 students Roger Anton ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 619 students Bob Holcomb ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 598 students Hillside ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 586 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.