Living in Banning, CA
Suburb in California
Banning is a suburb in California, home to about 31,000 people, with 2.3 million living within 31 mi. Day to day, most trips are by car. Life moves at a moderate pace, and homes are mostly houses.
Is Banning a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Sunny: more sunshine and clearer skies than most places
- Strong healthcare: 4 top-rated (4–5★) hospitals within 31 mi
- Easy flying: SBD is 22 mi away
- Great outdoors: hills or mountains nearby
👎 Cons
- Weaker public schools: test results well below the US average
- Fewer family amenities than most places
- Fewer graduates: 17% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher
- Higher taxes: about $3,279 state income tax per resident, 0.86% property tax
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Key facts
Living in Banning: common questions
What is the cost of living in Banning?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $423k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $2,910 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are above the US average (index 106, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Banning?
California collects about $3,279 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 0.86% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Banning safe?
Violent crime is close to the national rate (1.1× in FBI 2019 data).
How are the schools in Banning?
Public schools in Banning test well below the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 22 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Banning?
Banning has mild winters: winter days average around 66°F and summer days around 93°F.
Does Banning get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is high, mainly from earthquakes, wildfires and flooding: 11 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 1.73 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Banning?
The nearest major airport is SBD, about 22 mi away.
How Banning scores
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