Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Jurupa Valley grades D overall, 653rd among California's 841 graded towns, mostly because of safety. Its crime rate is higher than 75% of U.S. towns, with 150 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, it has 93 miles of trail. Jurupa Valley’s trail density is 2.1 miles per square mile, above both California’s towns (1.0) and U.S. towns (0.4). Jurupa Valley's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Where Jurupa Valley beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Jurupa Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Jurupa Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 4 maps from 1953 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jurupa Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Theme parkKnott's Berry Farm4.5M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaAngel Stadium of Anaheim
Big draw29 mi Theme parkDisney California Adventure10.1M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi MuseumOldest McDonald's restaurant
27 mi Stadium & arenaHonda CenterDisneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Angel Stadium of Anaheim: Staff Sgt. Chad McMeen, Public domain · Disney California Adventure: CrispyCream27, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oldest McDonald's restaurant: Northwalker, CC0 · Honda Center: Arnold C (Buchanan-Hermit), Attribution
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jurupa Valley, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Jurupa Valley.
Jurupa Valley fares better on crime within California than nationally and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Jurupa Valley sits above both the California town median (4.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%) on this measure. The biggest place to walk is Santa Ana River Wildlife Area, 1,367 acres with 19.3 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Santa Ana River Wildlife Area | 19.3 mi | 1,367 |
| 2. Rancho Jurupa Regional Park | 2.4 mi | 202 |
| 3. Louis Robidoux Parkland & Pecan Grove | 1.5 mi | 67 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Jurupa Unified school district. Two of its 26 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Sol AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 1,213 | – |
| Patriot HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,399 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Jurupa Valley since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 31.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 56% of California’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 3,186 to 2,192 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Jurupa Valley is 18.8 per 1,000 residents. Jurupa Valley reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less. The violent crime rate in Jurupa Valley is 1.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Jurupa Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.8 per 1,000 residents | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here grew from 23,421 in 2013 to 34,633.
Most working residents leave Jurupa Valley for work: only 9% work in town. Jurupa Valley’s average trip to work is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Jurupa Valley has added 11,212 jobs, to 34,633 in 2023.
| Jurupa Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.4% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,930 U.S. towns with household incomes like Jurupa Valley’s, it is less healthy than 91%, so it trails even them.
Jurupa Valley beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 18% of Jurupa Valley adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Jurupa Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 72% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Jurupa Valley | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.7% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Riverside Fire Stn 3 weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 110 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 42.9°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 93.7°.
Jurupa Valley has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Jurupa Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 43°F | 40°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Jurupa Valley home is worth about $670,000, up 2.1% in a year, 12% below the California typical home. 59% of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent in Jurupa Valley.
| Jurupa Valley | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,741 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 59% | 55% | 48% |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
18 within 15 miles of the center of Jurupa Valley
About 8 of every 100 Jurupa Valley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
City in California, United States
Jurupa Valley ( huh-ROO-puh; Spanish: [xu'rupa]; Serrano: Hurumpa) is a city in the Inland Empire region of northwestern Riverside County, California, United States. It was the location of one of the earliest non-native settlements in the county, Rancho Jurupa. The rancho was initially an outpost of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, then a Mexican land grant in 1838. Its name is derived from a Native American village that existed in the area prior to the arrival of Europeans. On March 8, 2011, voters approved a ballot measure A to incorporate and form the city of Jurupa Valley. The effective date of incorporation was July 1, 2011. Residents of the area had previously voted on incorporation …
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5 towns share a border with Jurupa Valley.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Bloomington (D) is closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jurupa Valley | #653 | D | D | C | C+ | C |
| Norco | #374 | C | D− | C | B+ | B− |
| Riverside | #568 | D | D | D | B | C+ |
| Eastvale | #183 | B− | D− | B− | B+ | A |
| Fontana | #468 | C− | D− | C+ | B− | B− |
| Bloomington | #628 | D | C− | — | C | C |
Bloomington reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Jurupa Valley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Jurupa Valley grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #653 of 841 in California. It grades C for health, C for safety and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. That is 7.5 years of the area's median household income ($89,662 across the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area).
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