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%

Rialto$3,430/mo

Typical home $590K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,759/mo · Housing →

Palmdale$3,020/mo

Typical home $500K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.95% · or rent about $1,802/mo · Housing →

The difference: $410 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Rialto and Palmdale.

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

Palmdale places higher on 11 of 23 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

DRialtoSafer than 11% of U.S. towns C−PalmdaleSafer than 19% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−RialtoBetter than 53% of districts in the state C+PalmdaleBetter than 37% of districts in the state

Health

CRialtoHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns C+PalmdaleHealthier than 37% of U.S. towns

10Rialto

11Palmdale

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #666#187 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #186#666 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #635#305 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #356#657 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #397#250 Lowest obesityHealth · 844 towns #696#456 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #390#164 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #440#673

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

RialtoPalmdale

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 35°F

July high95°F 98°F

Growing season (days)353d 248d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)94th 89th

Outdoors & history

RialtoPalmdale

Trails3 mi 189 mi

Conserved land1.2%7.7%

Settled1911 1886

National Register places2 —

Archive photos19 9

Famous people born here18 37

Community

RialtoPalmdale

Library hours a week34 hrs 56 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

52 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RialtoCA PalmdaleCA

Rialto ↔ Palmdale52 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

RialtoPalmdale

People

Population 104,143Lowest 164,634Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.9%Lowest CA: +6.1% +10.9%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 32.6±0.8Lowest 14% below CA 33±0.8Highest 13% below CA

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

Kids under 18 26.7%±1.2Lowest CA: 22% 29.5%±1.2Highest CA: 22%

Age 65+ 10.8%±0.8Lowest CA: 15.7% 11.1%±0.7Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.6%Lowest CA: 37.1% 17.1%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±0.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 7.1%±0.5Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $88,857±$4kHighest 10% below CA $81,770±$3kLowest 18% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $487,900±$10kHighest 34% below CA $471,000±$7kLowest 36% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,759±$59Lowest 14% below CA $1,802±$60Highest 11% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,374Lowest 34% below CA $4,493Highest 12% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.6%±5Lowest CA: 55.3% 64%±4.8Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 12.7%Lowest CA: 12% 15.7%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.2% CA: 55.9% 66.2% CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 6 yrs newer than CA 1989Highest 13 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 11% above CA 40 minHighest 39% above CA

Work from home 7.8%±1.1Lowest CA: 17.2% 9.1%±0.9Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.9%Lowest 15.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 34.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Highest 0.57Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Bernardino (10%)Los Angeles (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PalmdaleFew work in Rialto

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 7.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.2 miLowest 189.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Lowest 15Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.9Highest 34.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #349 of 574 in CA #484 of 574 in CA

School district Colton Joint Unified · Fontana UnifiedAntelope Valley ROP · Antelope Valley Union High

High school in town Eisenhower HighHighland High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.4Lowest 25.2Highest

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.

Rialto vs Palmdale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Rialto

Palmdale places higher on 11 of 23 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

52 miles apart

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