San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont

59 cities and suburbs across San Francisco, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $1,140,700 and its mean commute 31.0 min. San Carlos scores highest overall at 74. Mill Valley leads on schools, North Fair Oaks leads on cost of living.

Places

Median score

Poll responses

Craig Howell from San Carlos, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0

San Francisco →

Robert Hsiao · CC BY-SA 4.0

Oakland →

Oleg Alexandrov · CC BY-SA 3.0

Fremont →

Coverage

59 places
in San Francisco

One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.

10 mi

20 mi

30 mi

Downtown San Francisco

Downtown Oakland

San Carlos

Danville

Mill Valley

San Mateo

Burlingame

Larkspur

Berkeley

Fremont

Livermore

Moraga

Alameda

San Bruno

Daly City

Walnut Creek

San Rafael

South San Francisco

Emeryville

Novato

East Palo Alto

Concord

San Leandro

Brentwood

Hayward

Hercules

Discovery Bay

Oakley

Richmond

Pittsburg

Antioch

Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown San Francisco

Every suburb of San Francisco, ranked

#	Place	Score	Hous	Scho	Cost	Comm	Amen	Empl	Resi
1	San Carlos	74 B	B−	B−	B	B	A−	B	—
2	Danville	70 B−	B−	B	B	D+	B+	C+	—
3	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	70 B−	B	B	B−	C	B−	C+	—
4	Alamo	69 B−	B	B	B−	C	C−	B−	—
5	Albany	69 B−	D	B+	B	C	A	B−	—
6	Mill Valley	68 B−	B−	B+	C	B	B	D+	—
7	Belmont	68 B−	C	B−	B−	C+	B+	C	—
8	San Mateo	68 B−	C−	B−	C+	B−	A	C+	—
9	Burlingame	67 C+	C	B	B−	C−	A−	C	—
10	Lafayette	67 C+	B−	B+	C+	C	C−	B−	—
11	Larkspur	67 C+	C−	B	C+	C+	B+	C	—
12	Berkeley	66 C+	D−	B	B	B−	A+	D	—
13	Foster City	66 C+	C+	B−	B−	C	C	B−	—
14	Fremont	66 C+	C	B−	C+	C−	B+	C+	—
15	Millbrae	65 C+	C+	B	C+	C−	B+	C−	—
16	San Anselmo	65 C+	C−	B+	C	C	B	C	—
17	San Ramon	65 C+	C	B	C+	D	B−	B−	—
18	Orinda	65 C+	B	B+	C	D−	C−	B	—
19	Pleasanton	65 C+	C	B	C−	D	A−	C+	—
20	Dublin	64 C+	C	B	D+	D	A−	B	—
21	Menlo Park	64 C+	C+	D	C	B+	B−	B−	—
22	Livermore	63 C+	D+	B−	C−	C−	A	B−	—
23	North Fair Oaks	63 C+	D−	C	B+	B+	A+	F	—
24	Moraga	62 C	C+	B+	C	C−	D	C−	—
25	Redwood City	61 C	C−	C	C+	B−	D+	C+	—
26	Alameda	61 C	D	C+	B−	C−	B+	C−	—
27	San Bruno	61 C	D+	C	C	B−	B	C−	—
28	Castro Valley	61 C	D+	C+	B−	D	B+	C	—
29	Pacifica	60 C	C−	C+	C+	C	C−	C+	—
30	Daly City	60 C	D	C	B−	C−	A	D+	—
31	Pleasant Hill	60 C	D	D+	B−	C	A	C	—
32	Walnut Creek	59 C	D	C+	C	C	B+	D+	—
33	San Rafael	58 C	D	D+	B	B−	B	D+	—
34	Martinez	57 C−	D	C−	B−	C	B−	D+	—
35	South San Francisco	57 C−	D+	C	C	C+	D+	C+	—
36	Emeryville	56 C−	F	D+	C+	C+	A	C−	—
37	Novato	56 C−	D−	C	C+	C−	B−	D	—
38	Newark	55 C−	C−	D+	C+	D+	D+	B−	—
39	Union City	54 C−	D+	C−	C	D	B−	D+	—
40	Oakland	54 C−	F	F	B−	C	A+	D	—
41	East Palo Alto	54 C−	F	F	B−	B−	B	D+	—
42	El Cerrito	53 C−	D	F	C+	D+	A−	C−	—
43	Concord	53 C−	F	D+	B	D	B	D	—
44	San Leandro	51 D+	F	D	B−	D	B+	D	—
45	San Lorenzo	51 D+	D−	F	B	D−	B	D	—
46	Brentwood	50 D+	D	C	C	F	C	D+	—
47	San Francisco	49 D+	D	C	B	D+	F	C−	—
48	Hayward	48 D+	F	D−	B−	D−	C	D	—
49	Pinole	47 D	D	F	C+	F	B−	D+	—
50	Cherryland	47 D	F	F	B+	D	A−	F	—
51	Ashland	46 D	F	F	B+	D−	B+	F	—
52	Hercules	44 D	D	F	C−	F	C	D	—
53	Discovery Bay	43 D	D+	D+	C+	F	F	F	—
54	Oakley	42 D−	F	D−	B	F	D−	D+	—
55	Richmond	42 D−	F	F	B−	F	C+	F	—
56	San Pablo	40 D−	F	F	B	D−	C+	F	—
57	Bay Point	40 D−	F	D	B	F	C	F	—
58	Pittsburg	39 D−	F	F	C+	F	C−	F	—
59	Antioch	37 F	F	F	C+	F	C−	F	—

— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 59 of 59 are currently below the threshold.

Six San Francisco lists

Best San Francisco suburbs for families Most affordable San Francisco suburbs Best San Francisco suburbs for schools Shortest commutes to Downtown San Francisco Most walkable San Francisco suburbs Best San Francisco suburbs for young professionals

8 head-to-heads

Oakland vs Alameda Fremont vs Newark Hayward vs Cherryland Concord vs Pleasant Hill Berkeley vs Emeryville Antioch vs Brentwood Richmond vs San Pablo San Mateo vs Foster City

5 guides

What "median home value" hides when you compare suburbsWhat a school proficiency percentile actually measuresWhat a two-mile amenity count can and cannot seeReading an effective property tax rateWhat the scores deliberately do not coverAll guides →