Carpet, dryer vent and upholstery cleaning in Montclair

Montclair covers about 5.5 square miles, and its homes are old: the median year built is 1969, and the Housing Element puts 76.6 percent of units before 1980, with 66.8 percent built between 1950 and 1980. Renters hold 45.2 percent of its 10,652 occupied homes, and the element says 66.9 percent of renter-occupied units are in multifamily buildings. Detached houses are 56 percent of units, buildings of five or more units 18 percent and mobile homes 8.2 percent, in parks such as Villa Montclair in the north and Monterey Manor and Hacienda south of Mission Boulevard.

The housing element says that because Montclair is urbanized, wildland fires do not pose a serious threat, and that the only areas subject to them are scattered vacant lots. Structure fires are the main risk, and in a laundry room that points at the dryer. The U.S. Fire Administration found failure to clean to be the leading factor in dryer fires, at 34 percent in its 2008 to 2010 data, and calls lint highly combustible. A neighboring city’s hazard plan adds that Santa Ana winds are the most common wind events in southern California and can damage homes and trees.

Monte Vista Water District handles the city’s water service. In 2025 about 79 percent of its supply was local groundwater, 16 percent imported water and 5 percent San Antonio Water Company, and its report lists hardness averaging 135 milligrams per liter, with readings from 90.8 to 340.