Best Places94110, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 94110, 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.

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94110 ranks 1,266th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 94110

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 94110 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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94110's strengths and weaknesses

#1266Best US zip overall
Top 1%Biking
Top 1%Walkability
Top 1%Transit
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 94110 with other zip codes.

Where 94110 ranks high

  • BikingBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 231 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than 98% of zip codes

Where 94110 ranks low

  • Cheap childcare$2,439 a month, better than only 1% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 12% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 94110

A household needs to earn about $383,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 94110 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $163,266, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$383,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$8,931
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $1,474,477 home
Median rent
$2,664
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$7,518
Property tax$922
Homeowners insurance$491

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 94110's effective rate of 0.75%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 94110

94110's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
40
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
14%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.4
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1814%
18 to 3427%
35 to 4924%
50 to 6421%
65 and older14%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 94110.


Who works in 94110, and how

Work in 94110 centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
34%
above the national average
Unemployment
4.3%
about the national average
Job growth
+1.8%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Professional & technical23%
Health care & social12%
Education10%
Retail trade9%
Hospitality & food7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 33%
  • Work from home 34%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 33%

Life in 94110

94110 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of zip codes and more late-night spots per resident than 94% of zip codes. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 94110 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
796
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 117.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 90% of zip codes
Coffee shops
93
about 13.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 88% of zip codes
Parkland
74 acres
about 1.1 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 55% of zip codes
Open past 10pm
~177
food and drink venues open late, about 26.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 94% of zip codes
To the coast
7 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 94110, month by month

94110 sees roughly 231 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January60°53°46°
April68°57°49°
July74°62°56°
October75°62°54°

Flying in and out of 94110

San Francisco International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
SFO
San Francisco International, about 9 miles
Airport size
Large hub
9th-busiest in the US, 193 nonstop destinations
Average drive
13 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 94110

Schools across 94110 average a B−, better than 54% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 94110 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


94110 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 94110 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 94110 suits

Families

Schools land around the 54th percentile.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 34% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 98% of zip codes.

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Common questions about living in 94110

Is 94110 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 94110 ranks 1,266th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 94110 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $1,474,477. The overall cost of living runs about 50% above the national average. Set against a $163,266 median income, cost of living beats 87% of zip codes.

Is 94110 safe?

94110 is safer than 3% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $917 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 94110?

July highs average about 74 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 46. That works out to about 231 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of zip codes.

Is 94110 good for families?

Schools beat 54% of zip codes, crime safety beats 3%, and childcare runs $2,439 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 94110. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 94110 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.

94110 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 94110: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 94110: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 94110: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 94110: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

94110 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.