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%

Norco$5,310/mo

Typical home $920K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,925/mo · Housing →

Calimesa$3,320/mo

Typical home $565K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,783/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,000 a month, about $24,000 a year, between Norco and Calimesa.

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.

Report cards

Calimesa places higher on 11 of 20 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

CNorcoSafer than 30% of U.S. towns C+CalimesaSafer than 37% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−NorcoBetter than 77% of districts in the state CCalimesaBetter than 33% of districts in the state

Health

B−NorcoHealthier than 52% of U.S. towns B−CalimesaHealthier than 49% of U.S. towns

9Norco

11Calimesa

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #715#41 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #14#517 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #396#105 Highest incomeIncome · 843 towns #200#497 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #523#244 Lowest property taxCost of living · 835 towns #481#260 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #116#223 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #274#468

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Norco’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

NorcoCalimesa

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 41°F

July high95°F 95°F

Growing season (days)353d 329d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)93rd 100th

Outdoors & history

NorcoCalimesa

Trails73 mi 8 mi

Conserved land4.3%22.1%

Settled1964 1990

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—4

Community

NorcoCalimesa

Library hours a week43 hrs 38 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

Where they are

29 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NorcoCalimesa

Norco ↔ Calimesa29 miles apart

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

NorcoCalimesa

People

Population 25,054Highest 10,902Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.8%Lowest CA: +6.1% +27.2%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 40.3±1.8Highest 6% above CA 40±3.4Lowest 6% above CA

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

Kids under 18 20.3%±2.2Lowest CA: 22% 23.8%±4.7Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 15.6%±1.5Lowest CA: 15.7% 20.8%±3.1Highest CA: 15.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.1%Lowest CA: 37.1% 29.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.9%±1.1Highest CA: 7.6% 4.8%±2Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $127,566±$7kHighest 29% above CA $87,181±$13kLowest 12% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $782,400±$26kHighest 6% above CA $446,300±$37kLowest 39% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,925±$222Highest 5% below CA $1,783±$156Lowest 12% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,978Highest about the CA average $3,347Lowest 35% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.2%±8Highest CA: 55.3% 22.7%±10Lowest CA: 55.3%

Below poverty line 5.6%Highest CA: 12% 5.3%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.1%Lowest CA: 55.9% 89.3%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 1 yr older than CA 1983Highest 7 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 27% above CA 36 minLowest 25% above CA

Work from home 13.4%±2.4Highest CA: 17.2% 10.1%±4.3Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.2%Highest 3.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.23Highest 0.38Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Corona (8%)San Bernardino (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CalimesaFew work in Norco

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.3%Lowest 22.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 72.8 miHighest 8.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 5.2 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 18Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 34.3Highest 24.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#560 of 574 in CA

School district Corona-Norco UnifiedBeaumont Unified · Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified

High school in town Norco HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 23.5 —

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

Deciding?

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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.

Norco vs Calimesa

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,000 more a month in Norco

Calimesa places higher on 11 of 20 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

29 miles apart

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