Best Neighborhoods in Pomona, CA

Wilton Heights is the Pomona neighborhood that wraps around Fairplex, so a big part of local life follows the fairgrounds calendar. The LA County Fair takes over the grounds each May, and NHRA drag racing opens and closes its season at the dragstrip there. ... See Full Page

Phillips Ranch is the hilly, planned side of Pomona, a residential community in the southwest corner of the city that climbs from about 800 feet to roughly 1,400 feet at its highest ridge. Development began in 1965 under Louis Lesser on old ranch land, and building on the slopes went on for decades after. ... See Full Page

Rio Rancho covers the west side of Pomona where the city meets Cal Poly and the freeways, a patchwork of neighborhoods around Temple Avenue, Mission Boulevard and the old Spadra area. It is more a collection of pockets than one place, and its identity comes from what surrounds it. ... See Full Page

South Pomona stretches below downtown from the Garey Avenue corridor out to the big shopping centers along Rio Rancho Road, and it is where much of the city does its weekly shopping. WinCo Foods, Food 4 Less and Cardenas Markets all fall within the neighborhood, which makes errands easy by car. ... See Full Page

The Ganesha Hills rise on Pomona's west side, and this neighborhood runs from those hilltops down to the flat commercial blocks of Holt Avenue. Up top, the Ganesha area has some of the best long views in the city. Down below, it is an everyday working neighborhood with markets, taquerias and mobile home parks. ... See Full Page

Peacocks wander the lawns of Lincoln Park, a flock that has become part of daily life in this north Pomona neighborhood of old houses and big street trees. Much of it sits inside the Lincoln Park Historic District, which runs from Garey Avenue to Towne Avenue and from Pasadena Street up to McKinley Avenue. ... See Full Page

Pomona East runs along the eastern side of Pomona toward the Claremont line, and its identity comes from Holt Avenue and Indian Hill Boulevard, its two busy corridors. Between them are blocks of single-family homes and small apartment buildings, plus some of the most varied eating in the city. ... See Full Page

Downtown Pomona is where the city goes out at night, a grid of old brick storefronts around Second Street and the Arts Colony where galleries and music venues share the same few blocks. ... See Full Page