Is Yucaipa a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Overall it grades C, 440th among California's 841 graded towns. It has 42 miles of trail. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $574K, 6.4 years of the Riverside metro’s $90K median household income. Yucaipa’s July high is 96°F, above both California’s towns (89°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Yucaipa is home to Crafton Hills College.
What makes Yucaipa stand out
Where Yucaipa beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Crafton Hills College calls Yucaipa home
How Yucaipa grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Yucaipa is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Joshua Tree National Park and 39 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yucaipa. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi National ParkJoshua Tree National Park2.9M visitors a year
13 mi MountainSan Gorgonio Mountain
15 mi LakeBig Bear Lake
39 mi MountainMount San Antonio
26 mi MountainSan Jacinto Peak
30 mi Stadium & arenaToyota ArenaPhoto credits
Joshua Tree National Park: Sergiy Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · San Gorgonio Mountain: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Big Bear Lake: H.G. Judd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount San Antonio: The original uploader was Tillman at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · San Jacinto Peak: Wattewyl, CC BY 3.0 · Toyota Arena: jondoeforty1, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Yucaipa: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Yucaipa, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Yucaipa.
Yucaipa has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Very high risk in Yucaipa, with earthquakes at the top
Since 1995, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Yucaipa.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Yucaipa’s schools beat 55% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified school district. Two of its 15 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inland Leaders CharterLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 997 | A |
| Yucaipa HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,755 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Conserved land covers 12% of Yucaipa
The trail density in Yucaipa is 1.5 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Wildwood Canyon State Park, 832 acres with 6.2 miles of trail.
| Yucaipa | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.5 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 12% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wildwood Canyon State Park | 6.2 mi | 832 |
| 2. El Dorado Ranch Park | 3.2 mi | 331 |
| 3. Yucaipa Community Park | 1.2 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Yucaipa’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 5,977 in 2013 to 8,164.
Most working residents leave Yucaipa for work: only 11% work in town. Yucaipa’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. Since 2013, Yucaipa has added 2,187 jobs, to 8,164 in 2023.
| Yucaipa | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Work from home | 11% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Yucaipa’s grade for cost of living is a D
The typical Yucaipa home is worth about $575,000, up 2.4% in a year, 25% below the California typical home.
| Yucaipa | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,711 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Yucaipa, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Redlands weather station, 9 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 329 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. The Redlands weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 104 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Yucaipa has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 41° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Yucaipa ranks healthier than 62% of the country’s towns
Yucaipa beats the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 72% of Yucaipa adults had a checkup this year.
| Yucaipa | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 29% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 36% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Yucaipa | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.7% | 17.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.1% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Crime reported in Yucaipa
Yucaipa's reported crime rate is well below California's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 111 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Yucaipa | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.9 per 1,000 residents | 13.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Yucaipa
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Yucaipa
About 7 of every 100 Yucaipa residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
89% of working residents leave Yucaipa for work
Where Yucaipa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Yucaipa
City in California, United States
Yucaipa (Serrano: Yukaipa't) is a city located 10 miles (16 km) east of San Bernardino, in the Inland Empire region of San Bernardino County, California, United States, on the eastern most edge of the Greater Los Angeles area. The population was 54,542 at the 2020 census, up from 51,367 at the 2010 census. Yucaipa has the distinction of being the longtime home to a large population of Serrano Native Americans.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1989
- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,618 ft
- ZIP code
- 92399
- Area code
- 909
Yucaipa’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Yucaipa.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Redlands (C) is closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yucaipa | #440 | C | D | — | B | B |
| Redlands | #360 | C | D− | C− | B+ | A− |
| Oak Glen | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Calimesa | #338 | C | C− | C+ | B | B− |
| Mentone | #287 | C+ | C− | — | B+ | B |
Yucaipa and Mentone report no FBI crime data of their own. Oak Glen isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Yucaipa with a neighbor →
Questions about Yucaipa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Yucaipa, CA a good place to live?
Yucaipa grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #440 of 841 in California. It grades B for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Yucaipa, 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 D.