MuscoyCA
12,025 people call this town in California home.
Is Muscoy a good place to live?
Several subjects drag its grade down. The weak point is health: residents are less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It also trails on hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. At about $456K, a typical home costs 5.1 years of the Riverside metro’s $90K median household income. Its strongest is walkability: it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Overall, that makes a D, good for 661st of 841 in California. Set against the rest, it does better than 7% of U.S. towns. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Muscoy, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes Muscoy stand out
Where Muscoy beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Muscoy for work
Where Muscoy’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Muscoy grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Muscoy is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 91% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 2%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Angel Stadium of Anaheim and 50 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Muscoy. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaAngel Stadium of Anaheim
39 mi Stadium & arenaHonda Center
19 mi MountainMount San Antonio
14 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Arena
33 mi MuseumRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
30 mi MountainSan Gorgonio MountainPhoto credits
Angel Stadium of Anaheim: Staff Sgt. Chad McMeen, Public domain · Honda Center: Arnold C (Buchanan-Hermit), Attribution · Mount San Antonio: The original uploader was Tillman at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Toyota Arena: jondoeforty1, CC BY 2.0 · Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: The original uploader was Sorcha at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · San Gorgonio Mountain: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to Muscoy: who provides what
Muscoy is unincorporated, so San Bernardino County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Muscoy.
Muscoy has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to San Bernardino and beyond, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
Muscoy earns a D for health
In Muscoy, nearly two in five adults have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Muscoy beats the California average on 1 and trails it on 25. Two figures for adults locally: 19% report frequent physical distress, 38% get no exercise outside work.
| Muscoy | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 24% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 33% |
| What stands out | Muscoy | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 27.9% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Muscoy fall behind 60% of California districts
The San Bernardino City Unified school district runs its public schools. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The 3 public schools in Muscoy teach 1,573 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscoy ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 670 | – |
| Provisional Accelerated Learning AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 244 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
The biggest natural risk in Muscoy is earthquakes, at a very high overall level
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Muscoy after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2023. Expected losses in Muscoy break down as 83% from earthquakes and 14% from inland flooding. Also worth knowing: the town has had one paid flood insurance claim since 1995.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Muscoy earns a C− for cost of living
The median property tax bill is $2,099, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A typical home in Muscoy is worth about $456,000, up 2.4% in a year, 40% below the California typical home. For Muscoy, the median rent is $1,747 a month. Among households locally, 48% live in a home they own.
| Muscoy | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 48% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,747 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents commute out of Muscoy
Muscoy has 623 jobs for its 3,777 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
For working residents in Muscoy, the share who work locally is 1.4%. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 90, to 623. The average commute locally is 32 minutes. The top destinations are San Bernardino (18%), Riverside (6%) and Rialto (5%).
| Muscoy | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 27% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0% of Muscoy is conserved land
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 2.1 miles of trail. For Muscoy, the trail network density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muscoy Pocket Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in Muscoy brings mild winters and hot summers
The Redlands weather station, 12 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 329 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. The Redlands weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 104 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
July afternoons reach 95°, January nights drop to 42° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Muscoy
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Muscoy
About 7 of every 100 Muscoy residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Muscoy
Census-designated place in California, United States
Muscoy is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Inland Empire region of San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 10,719 at the 2020 census, up from 10,644 at the 2010 census. Muscoy shares ZIP code 92407 with the communities of Verdemont, Devore Heights, Rosena Ranch and Arrowhead Farms in northwestern San Bernardino. Residents enjoy a semi-rural setting with large lots where they can raise horses and other livestock, nursery plants, and fruit trees. For this reason, much of Muscoy is included in the county Additional Agriculture (AA) overlay, which specifies the types and quantities of animals that may be kept on each parcel. A distinctive feature of Muscoy lif…
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- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,388 ft
- Area code
- 909
Muscoy’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Muscoy.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscoy | #661 | D | C− | — | C+ | D |
| San Bernardino | #766 | D− | C− | D− | C+ | C− |
Muscoy reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Muscoy with a neighbor →
Questions about Muscoy
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Muscoy, CA a good place to live?
Muscoy grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #661 of 841 in California. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Muscoy, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.