Best Places94129, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 94129, 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.
94129 ranks 2,870th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 94129
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.
94129's strengths and weaknesses
Where 94129 ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Household income$219,865 median, better than 99% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 227 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of zip codes
Where 94129 ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,439 a month, better than only 1% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
Who lives in 94129
94129 runs younger than the country, 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 94129.
Who works in 94129, and how
Work in 94129 centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in 94129
94129 has more parkland per resident than 99% of zip codes. The coast is about 1 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of 94129 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 94129, month by month
94129 sees roughly 227 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 53° | 46° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 56° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of 94129
San Francisco International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
94129 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 94129 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 94129
Is 94129 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 94129 ranks 2,870th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on population health, biking, and high incomes, 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 94129 safe?
94129 is safer than 1% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,190 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 94129?
July highs average about 74 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 46. That works out to about 227 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of zip codes.
Compare 94129 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 94129. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 94129 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.
94129 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 94129: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 94129: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 94129: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 94129: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
94129 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.
- 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.
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