Best PlacesBen Lomond, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ben Lomond, 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.
Ben Lomond ranks 7,182nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ben Lomond
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.
Ben Lomond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ben Lomond ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 185 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
Where Ben Lomond ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,701 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ben Lomond
A household needs to earn about $262,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ben Lomond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $123,140, 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 Ben Lomond'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 Ben Lomond
Ben Lomond runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ben Lomond.
Who works in Ben Lomond, and how
Work in Ben Lomond centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Ben Lomond
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ben Lomond, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ben Lomond, month by month
Ben Lomond sees roughly 185 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 73 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 73° | 60° | 53° |
| October | 77° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ben Lomond
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 21 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 Ben Lomond
Schools across Ben Lomond average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top high schools
- San Lorenzo Valley HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ben Lomond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ben Lomond 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 Ben Lomond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ben Lomond
Is Ben Lomond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ben Lomond ranks 7,182nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and big-city 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 Ben Lomond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,025,787. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $123,140 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Ben Lomond safe?
Ben Lomond is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare Ben Lomond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ben Lomond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ben Lomond 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.
Ben Lomond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ben Lomond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ben Lomond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ben Lomond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ben Lomond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ben Lomond 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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