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Perris vs Good Hope

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (5.9× in Perris) and jobs per worker (5.8× in Perris).

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Perris, CAHomes around $543KCalifornia · 80,511 people
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Good Hope, CAOne of the healthiest townsCalifornia · 8,816 people
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.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

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

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $1,010 more a month in Perris

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.

Perris$3,220/mo
Typical home $543K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $1,876/mo · Housing →
Good Hope$2,210/mo
Typical home $392K (Census) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $1,528/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,010 a month, about $12,100 a year, between Perris and Good Hope.

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

Perris and Good Hope share a border

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

PerrisGood HopePerrisGood Hope
Perris ↔ Good Hope3.4 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
262 Good Hope residents work in Perris (7.2% of its workers)
Work & commute in Good Hope →
Report cards

Perris places higher on 12 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.

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
PerrisGood Hope
Snow a year0″0″
January low42°F42°F
July high97°F97°F
Growing season (days)329d329d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)95th100th
Outdoors & history
PerrisGood Hope
Trails35 mi6 mi
Conserved land7.5%6.2%
National Register places2—
Archive photos8—
Famous people born here8—
Community
PerrisGood Hope
Library hours a week50 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.

PerrisGood Hope
People
Population 80,511Highest 8,816Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.1%Highest CA: +6.1% +3%Lowest CA: +6.1%
Median age 31.3±0.8Lowest 17% below CA 31.9±2Highest 16% below CA
Good Hope and Perris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 28.5%±1.8Highest CA: 22% 27.2%±2.2Lowest CA: 22%
Perris and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 7.9%±0.9Lowest CA: 15.7% 11.2%±2Highest CA: 15.7%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.3%Highest CA: 37.1% 6.1%Lowest CA: 37.1%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.2%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6% 5%±1.5Lowest CA: 7.6%
Perris and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $88,911±$4kHighest 10% below CA $56,981±$17kLowest 43% below CA
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,700±$12kHighest 35% below CA $391,700±$79kLowest 47% below CA
Perris and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,876±$126Highest 8% below CA $1,528±$274Lowest 25% below CA
Perris and Good Hope are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $3,942Highest 23% below CA $1,926Lowest 62% below CA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.5%±7.4Lowest CA: 55.3% 63.3%±9.8Highest CA: 55.3%
Good Hope and Perris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 10.7%Lowest CA: 12% 27.4%Highest CA: 12%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 68.8%Highest CA: 55.9% 55.9%Lowest CA: 55.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 2000Highest 24 yrs newer than CA 1983Lowest 7 yrs newer than CA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 29% above CA 36 minLowest 25% above CA
Work from home 5.7%±1.1Lowest CA: 17.2% 7.5%±3.9Highest CA: 17.2%
Good Hope and Perris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 8.9%Highest 1.4%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miLowest 23.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.13Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Riverside (8%)Riverside (7%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Good Hope7% work in Perris
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 7.5%Highest 6.2%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 34.9 miHighest 5.9 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.5 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 27Highest 1Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 49.2Highest 20.3Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #343 of 574 in CA—
School district Perris Elementary · Perris Union HighPerris Elementary
High school in town Orange Vista HighNone in town
Students per teacherat that high school 22.2 —
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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