Best PlacesBelmont, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belmont, 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.
Belmont ranks 108th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Belmont
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.
Belmont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belmont ranks high
- Household income$201,315 median, better than 99% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of cities
Where Belmont ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 1% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Belmont
A household needs to earn about $468,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belmont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $201,315, 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 Belmont's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Belmont
Belmont's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belmont.
Who works in Belmont, and how
Work in Belmont centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Belmont
Belmont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. The coast is about 15 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Belmont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Belmont, month by month
Belmont sees roughly 231 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 51° | 45° |
| April | 68° | 58° | 50° |
| July | 77° | 66° | 58° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Belmont
San Francisco International sits about 8 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 Belmont
Schools across Belmont average an A, better than 93% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Central ElementaryA+ · 85% proficient
- Woodside ElementaryA+ · 79% proficient
- Fox ElementaryA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ralston IntermediateA+ · 77% proficient
- Central MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belmont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belmont 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 Belmont against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Belmont suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 33% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 93% of cities and health care access beats 75%.
Common questions about living in Belmont
Is Belmont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belmont ranks 108th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on high incomes, population health, and fast internet, and lowest on childcare costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belmont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,834,209. The overall cost of living runs about 65% above the national average. Set against a $201,315 median income, cost of living beats 82% of cities.
Is Belmont safe?
Belmont is safer than 9% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $526 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Belmont?
July highs average about 77 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 45. That works out to about 231 pleasant days a year, more than 93% of cities.
Is Belmont good for families?
Schools beat 93% of cities, crime safety beats 9%, and childcare runs $2,233 a month.
Compare Belmont with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belmont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belmont 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.
Belmont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belmont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belmont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belmont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belmont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belmont 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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