Best Riverside suburbs for families

Ranked on a families weighting: schools at 30%, amenities within two miles at 20%, and the four poll questions about children, safety and sidewalks at 20%. Cost still counts, at 15%. The full weighting is shown at the bottom, and it is not the same as the overall score.

Updated Sep 2026·60 suburbs considered, 10 listed

Upland City Hall (left) and Upland Public Library (right). The statue of en:George Chaffey is visible on the far left. Taken June 18, 2006.

Upland$739k median · 31.1 min commute

Schools C−Amenities AResidents inactive

Family score
overall 60 C

Temecula City Hall located in Old Town Temecula.

Temecula$680k median · 36.3 min commute

Schools C+Amenities B+Residents inactive

Family score
overall 60 C

Redlands$619k median · 24.9 min commute

Schools CAmenities A−Residents inactive

Family score
overall 62 C

Rancho Cucamonga$740k median · 32.3 min commute

Schools CAmenities B+Residents inactive

Family score
overall 60 C

Murrieta$640k median · 37.4 min commute

Schools C+Amenities A−Residents inactive

Family score
overall 57 C−

A View of Corona, California, view looking north-northwest. The Interstate 15 and California State Route 91 interchange is picture in the foreground (bottom lef

Corona$701k median · 34.3 min commute

Schools CAmenities B+Residents inactive

Family score
overall 57 C−

Loma Linda University and Medical Center

Loma Linda$597k median · 19.6 min commute

Schools C−Amenities B−Residents inactive

Family score
overall 59 C

Montclair$569k median · 30.2 min commute

Schools D+Amenities A−Residents inactive

Family score
overall 53 C−

Riverside$585k median · 31.3 min commute

Schools D+Amenities B−Residents inactive

Family score
overall 54 C−

Lake Norconian Pavilion and Norconian Hotel, Norco, California This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Place

Norco$782k median · 36.5 min commute

Schools CAmenities C−Residents inactive

Family score
overall 53 C−

This list's weighting

Schools 30%Amenities 20%Resident poll (Q2, Q5, Q6, Q8) 20%Cost of living 15%Housing 10%Commute 5%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Upland (Rockero · CC BY-SA 3.0); Temecula (Davishan99 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Redlands (Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it! · CC BY-SA 2.0); Rancho Cucamonga (Jordan W. · CC BY-SA 3.0); Murrieta (Z3lvs · CC0); Corona (FredBren · Public domain); Loma Linda (TigranKarakhanyan · CC0); Montclair (Westpacificmovement · CC BY-SA 4.0); Riverside (Aaron Guzman · CC BY-SA 4.0); Norco (Rdt8888 · Public domain).