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.

Down paymentRate%

Meadowbrook$1,570/mo

Typical home $265K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $1,599/mo · Housing →

Good Hope$2,210/mo

Typical home $392K (Census) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $1,528/mo · Housing →

The difference: $640 a month, about $7,700 a year, between Good Hope and Meadowbrook.

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.

Where they are

Meadowbrook and Good Hope share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MeadowbrookGood Hope

Meadowbrook ↔ Good Hope3.1 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Good Hope places higher on 11 of 18 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.

Schools

–MeadowbrookNot graded B−Good HopeBetter than 49% of districts in the state

Health

DMeadowbrookHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns DGood HopeHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

7Meadowbrook

11Good Hope

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #253#528 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #680#420 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #694#500 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #60#196 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #496#599 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #424#340 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #765#679 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #544#469

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

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

MeadowbrookGood Hope

Snow a year0″0″

January low42°F 42°F

July high97°F 97°F

Growing season (days)329d 329d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)100th 100th

Outdoors & history

MeadowbrookGood Hope

Trails10 mi 6 mi

Conserved land3.8%6.2%

National Register places1 —

Community

MeadowbrookGood Hope

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

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.

Only big differences vs California average

MeadowbrookGood Hope

People

Population 2,627Lowest 8,816Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.4%Lowest CA: +6.1% +3%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 34.4±13.7Highest 9% below CA 31.9±2Lowest 16% below CA

Meadowbrook and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 30.8%±8.4Highest CA: 22% 27.2%±2.2Lowest CA: 22%

Meadowbrook and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 9.5%±1.5Lowest CA: 15.7% 11.2%±2Highest CA: 15.7%

Good Hope and Meadowbrook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.4%Highest CA: 37.1% 6.1%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 5%±1.5Highest CA: 7.6%

Good Hope and Meadowbrook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,212±$4kLowest 43% below CA $56,981±$17kHighest 43% below CA

Good Hope and Meadowbrook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $264,600±$136kLowest 64% below CA $391,700±$79kHighest 47% below CA

Good Hope and Meadowbrook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,599±$273Highest 21% below CA $1,528±$274Lowest 25% below CA

Meadowbrook and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,206Highest 57% below CA $1,926Lowest 62% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 83%±26.4Highest CA: 55.3% 63.3%±9.8Lowest CA: 55.3%

Meadowbrook and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 17.1%Lowest CA: 12% 27.4%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53.9%Lowest CA: 55.9% 55.9%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Highest 8 yrs newer than CA 1983Lowest 7 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 42 minHighest 46% above CA 36 minLowest 25% above CA

Work from home 10.2%±5.4Highest CA: 17.2% 7.5%±3.9Lowest CA: 17.2%

Meadowbrook and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.8%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 23.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.12Lowest 0.13Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Perris (7%)Riverside (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Good HopeFew work in Meadowbrook

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Lowest 6.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 9.8 miHighest 5.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.9Lowest 20.3Highest

Schools

School district —Perris Elementary

High school in town —None in town

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Meadowbrook vs Good Hope

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $640 more a month in Good Hope

Meadowbrook and Good Hope share a border

Good Hope places higher on 11 of 18 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

What matters to you?

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