Best Places94924, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 94924, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
94924 ranks 19,917th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 94924
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.
94924's strengths and weaknesses
Where 94924 ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than 89% of zip codes
Where 94924 ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,211 a month, better than only 1% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 94924
A household needs to earn about $495,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 94924 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $101,793, 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 94924's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 94924
94924 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 94924.
Who works in 94924, and how
Work in 94924 centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in 94924
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 94924, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 94924, month by month
94924 sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 66° | 52° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 47° |
Flying in and out of 94924
San Francisco International sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 94924
Schools across 94924 average a B+, better than 78% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Bolinas-stinson ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Westmoor HighA− · 65% proficient
- Tamalpais HighA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 94924 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
94924 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 94924 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 94924
Is 94924 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 94924 ranks 19,917th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 94924 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,990,959. The overall cost of living runs about 111% above the national average. Set against a $101,793 median income, cost of living beats 8% of zip codes.
Is 94924 safe?
94924 is safer than 14% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $555 per resident a year.
Compare 94924 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 94924. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 94924 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.
94924 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 94924: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 94924: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 94924: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 94924: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
94924 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
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