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%

Perris$3,220/mo

Typical home $543K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $1,876/mo · Housing →

Mead Valley$2,550/mo

Typical home $446K (Census) · tax rate 0.56% · or rent about $1,926/mo · Housing →

The difference: $670 a month, about $8,100 a year, between Perris and Mead Valley.

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 Mead Valley share a border

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

PerrisMead Valley

Perris ↔ Mead Valley4.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

457 Mead Valley residents work in Perris (5.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Mead Valley →

Report cards

Perris places higher on 9 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.

Safety

C−PerrisSafer than 24% of U.S. towns –Mead ValleyNot graded

Schools

BPerrisBetter than 60% of districts in the state BMead ValleyBetter than 60% of districts in the state

Health

C−PerrisHealthier than 24% of U.S. towns C−Mead ValleyHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

9Perris

6Mead Valley

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

Lowest property taxCost of living · 835 towns #349#147 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #97#294 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #308#485 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #559#726 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #676#540 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #350#241 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #759#640 Most educatedPeople · 844 towns #718#754

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

PerrisMead Valley

Snow a year0″0″

January low42°F 43°F

July high97°F 95°F

Growing season (days)329d 353d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)95th 98th

Outdoors & history

PerrisMead Valley

Trails35 mi 29 mi

Conserved land7.5%2.9%

National Register places2 —

Archive photos8 1

Famous people born here8 —

Community

PerrisMead Valley

Library hours a week50 hrs 39 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 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

PerrisMead Valley

People

Population 80,511Highest 19,286Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.1%Highest CA: +6.1% +7.1%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 31.3±0.8Highest 17% below CA 31.2±1.9Lowest 18% below CA

Perris and Mead Valley 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% 24.3%±2.3Lowest CA: 22%

Age 65+ 7.9%±0.9Lowest CA: 15.7% 8%±1.4Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.3%Highest CA: 37.1% 10.5%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.2%±0.9Lowest CA: 7.6% 9%±2.2Highest CA: 7.6%

Mead Valley and Perris 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 $86,795±$13kLowest 12% below CA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,700±$12kHighest 35% below CA $446,200±$30kLowest 39% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,876±$126Lowest 8% below CA $1,926±$294Highest 5% below CA

Mead Valley and Perris 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 $2,504Lowest 51% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.5%±7.4Highest CA: 55.3% 53.8%±18.8Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 10.7%Highest CA: 12% 9.6%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.8%Lowest CA: 55.9% 72.1%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 2000Highest 24 yrs newer than CA 1979Lowest 3 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 29% above CA 32 minLowest 12% above CA

Work from home 5.7%±1.1Lowest CA: 17.2% 9%±4Highest CA: 17.2%

Mead Valley 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 3.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 20.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.49Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Riverside (8%)Riverside (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Mead Valley6% work in Perris

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.5%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 34.9 miHighest 28.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 27Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 49.2Highest 23.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #343 of 574 in CA—

School district Perris Elementary · Perris Union HighVal Verde Unified

High school in town Orange Vista HighCitrus Hill High

Students per teacherat that high school 22.2Highest 20.0Lowest

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.

Perris vs Mead Valley

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $670 more a month in Perris

Perris and Mead Valley share a border

Perris places higher on 9 of 18 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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