Best Places94963, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 94963, 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.
94963 ranks 3,105th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 94963
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.
94963's strengths and weaknesses
Where 94963 ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Household income$162,523 median, better than 97% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of zip codes
Where 94963 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
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 20% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 94963
A household needs to earn about $300,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 94963 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $162,523, 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 94963'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 94963
94963 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 94963.
Who works in 94963, and how
Work in 94963 centers on arts & entertainment and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in 94963
The coast is about 24 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 94963, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 94963, month by month
94963 sees roughly 155 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 94963
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 94963
Schools across 94963 average a B+, better than 74% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Lagunitas ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- 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 94963 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
94963 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 94963 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 94963
Is 94963 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 94963 ranks 3,105th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on an educated workforce, high incomes, 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 94963 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,164,557. The overall cost of living runs about 48% above the national average. Set against a $162,523 median income, cost of living beats 86% of zip codes.
Is 94963 safe?
94963 is safer than 16% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare 94963 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 94963. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 94963 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.
94963 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 94963: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 94963: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 94963: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 94963: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
94963 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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