Best PlacesAlviso, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alviso, 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.
Alviso ranks 20,047th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Alviso
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.
Alviso's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alviso ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 245 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Alviso ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$2,106 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alviso
A household needs to earn about $280,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alviso home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $123,042, 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 Alviso's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Alviso
Alviso runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Alviso.
Who works in Alviso, and how
Work in Alviso centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Alviso
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Alviso, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Alviso, month by month
Alviso sees roughly 245 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 51° | 44° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Alviso
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Alviso
Schools across Alviso average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top high schools
- Mountain View HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Fremont HighA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alviso school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alviso 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 Alviso against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Alviso
Is Alviso a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alviso ranks 20,047th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, the weather, and transit, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alviso expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,085,119. The overall cost of living runs about 66% above the national average. Set against a $123,042 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Alviso safe?
Alviso is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $485 per resident a year.
Compare Alviso with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alviso. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alviso 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.
Alviso detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alviso: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alviso: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alviso: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alviso: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alviso 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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