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Banning vs Cherry Valley

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: size (4.7× in Banning) and street grid (2.1× in Banning).

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Banning, CAHomes around $411KCalifornia · 31,093 people
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Cherry Valley, CAAn outdoors townCalifornia · 6,668 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

BanningHomes around $411K
Housing$411K typical home46% below the CA typical home Outdoors#186 most conserved land in CA13 miles of trails across 9 parks and preserves Health78% of U.S. towns are healthieron CDC estimates All about Banning →
Cherry ValleyAn outdoors town
Outdoors#223 most conserved land in CA9.2 miles of trails across 3 parks and preserves All about Cherry Valley →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Size4.7×
Banning is the bigger place
Banning 31,093Cherry Valley 6,668
Street grid2.1×
Banning has the more walkable street grid
Banning 47.3Cherry Valley 22.8
Work from home+9.8 pts
More people work from home in Cherry Valley
Cherry Valley 18.1%Banning 8.3%
Homeowners+12.9 pts renters
Banning has more renters
Cherry Valley 83.1%Banning 70.2%
Home values+16%
Homes cost more in Cherry Valley
Cherry Valley $408,000Banning $352,100
★ What stands out · Report cards

Cherry Valley places higher on 13 of 19 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety
CBanningSafer than 32% of U.S. towns –Cherry ValleyNot graded
Schools
C−BanningBetter than 22% of districts in the state –Cherry ValleyNot graded
Health
C−BanningHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns B−Cherry ValleyHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns
6Banning
13Cherry Valley

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #700#52 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #566#265 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #621#328 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #512#337 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #697#495 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #574#730 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #420#568 HealthiestHealth · 844 towns #711#563

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Banning’s rankings →

Where they are

Banning and Cherry Valley share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BanningCherry ValleyBanningCherry Valley
Banning ↔ Cherry Valley4.7 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
90 Cherry Valley residents work in Banning (3.5% of its workers)
Work & commute in Cherry Valley →
Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Banning$2,430/mo
Typical home $411K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $1,650/mo · Housing →
Cherry Valley$2,380/mo
Typical home $408K (Census) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $1,399/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
BanningCherry Valley
Snow a year0″0″
January low40°F40°F
July high95°F95°F
Growing season (days)315d315d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)99th100th
Outdoors & history
BanningCherry Valley
Trails13 mi9 mi
Conserved land13.2%11.3%
Settled1913—
National Register places1—
Archive photos218
Famous people born here71
Community
BanningCherry Valley
Library hours a week52 hrs—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

BanningCherry Valley
People
Population 31,093Highest 6,668Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.3%Lowest CA: +6.1% +2.3%Highest CA: +6.1%
Median age 42.1±2.4Lowest 11% above CA 51.1±10.7Highest 35% above CA
Cherry Valley and Banning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 22.8%±2.1Highest CA: 22% 17.9%±4.5Lowest CA: 22%
Banning and Cherry Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 27.7%±2.8Lowest CA: 15.7% 32.9%±7.9Highest CA: 15.7%
Cherry Valley and Banning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.5%Lowest CA: 37.1% 19.9%Highest CA: 37.1%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±0.8Lowest CA: 7.6% 5.8%±2.1Highest CA: 7.6%
Cherry Valley and Banning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $61,764±$5kLowest 38% below CA $76,895±$16kHighest 22% below CA
Cherry Valley and Banning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $352,100±$12kLowest 52% below CA $408,000±$38kHighest 44% below CA
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,650±$130Highest 19% below CA $1,399±$215Lowest 31% below CA
Banning and Cherry Valley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,772Lowest 46% below CA $2,917Highest 43% below CA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.8%±9.7Lowest CA: 55.3% 80.1%±11.9Highest CA: 55.3%
Cherry Valley and Banning are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 18.8%Highest CA: 12% 13.2%Lowest CA: 12%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 70.2%Lowest CA: 55.9% 83.1%Highest CA: 55.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 1984Highest 8 yrs newer than CA 1975Lowest 1 yr older than CA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 33 minLowest 14% above CA 36 minHighest 26% above CA
Work from home 8.3%±2.2Lowest CA: 17.2% 18.1%±5.9Highest CA: 17.2%
Work in townworking residents 9.5%Highest 2.5%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.8 miHighest 22.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.41Lowest 0.44Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Riverside (6%)San Bernardino (8%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cherry Valley4% work in Banning
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 13.2%Highest 11.3%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 13.3 miHighest 9.2 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 1.2 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 3Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 47.3Highest 22.8Lowest
Schools
School district Banning Unified · Beaumont Unified—
High school in town Banning High—
Students per teacherat that high school 20.7 —
California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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