Best Places95442, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 95442, 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.
95442 ranks 5,472nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 95442
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.
95442's strengths and weaknesses
Where 95442 ranks high
- Household income$152,650 median, better than 96% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 168 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of zip codes
Where 95442 ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 95442
A household needs to earn about $326,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 95442 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $152,650, 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 95442's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 95442
95442 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 95442.
Who works in 95442, and how
Work in 95442 centers on hospitality & food and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in 95442
95442 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 99% of zip codes. The coast is about 48 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 95442 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 95442, month by month
95442 sees roughly 168 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 41° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 81° | 63° | 52° |
| October | 76° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of 95442
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Francisco Bay Oakland International, about 47 miles away.
95442 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 95442 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 95442
Is 95442 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 95442 ranks 5,472nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and health care access, and lowest on disaster risk and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 95442 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,286,973. The overall cost of living runs about 56% above the national average. Set against a $152,650 median income, cost of living beats 83% of zip codes.
Is 95442 safe?
95442 is safer than 24% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $451 per resident a year.
Compare 95442 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 95442. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 95442 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.
95442 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 95442: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 95442: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 95442: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 95442: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
95442 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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