Best Places94933, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 94933, 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.
94933 ranks 5,480th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 94933
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.
94933's strengths and weaknesses
Where 94933 ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of zip codes
- Household income$130,682 median, better than 93% of zip codes
Where 94933 ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,211 a month, better than only 1% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Short commute33.4 minutes each way, better than only 15% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 94933
A household needs to earn about $242,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 94933 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $130,682, 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 94933's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 94933
94933 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 94933.
Who works in 94933, and how
Work in 94933 centers on professional & technical and information. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 94933
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 94933, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 94933, month by month
94933 sees roughly 151 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 94933
San Francisco International sits about 32 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 94933
Schools across 94933 average a B, better than 65% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- San Geronimo Valley ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- NicasioC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Tamalpais HighA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 94933 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
94933 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 94933 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 94933
Is 94933 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 94933 ranks 5,480th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on tree cover, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 94933 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $939,500. The overall cost of living runs about 43% above the national average. Set against a $130,682 median income, cost of living beats 72% of zip codes.
Is 94933 safe?
94933 is safer than 19% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $492 per resident a year.
Compare 94933 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 94933. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 94933 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.
94933 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 94933: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 94933: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 94933: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 94933: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
94933 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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