Best Places94060, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 94060, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
94060 ranks 8,995th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 94060
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
94060's strengths and weaknesses
Where 94060 ranks high
- Household income$199,924 median, better than 99% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 216 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of zip codes
Where 94060 ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 1% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 94060
A household needs to earn about $328,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 94060 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $199,924, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 94060's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 94060
94060's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 94060.
Who works in 94060, and how
Work in 94060 centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 94060
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 94060, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 94060, month by month
94060 sees roughly 216 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 62 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs June through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 52° | 45° |
| April | 59° | 53° | 47° |
| July | 62° | 57° | 54° |
| October | 67° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of 94060
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 25 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
94060 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 94060 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 94060
Is 94060 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 94060 ranks 8,995th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 94060 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,289,140. The overall cost of living runs about 56% above the national average. Set against a $199,924 median income, cost of living beats 90% of zip codes.
Is 94060 safe?
94060 is safer than 8% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $674 per resident a year.
Compare 94060 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 94060. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 94060 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
94060 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 94060: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 94060: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 94060: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 94060: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
94060 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.