Best PlacesBird Land, San Diego, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bird Land, San Diego, 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.
Bird Land, San Diego ranks 2,525th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bird Land, San Diego
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.
Bird Land, San Diego's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bird Land, San Diego ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 289 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Household income$116,780 median, better than 79% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 70% of neighborhoods
Where Bird Land, San Diego ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,432 a month, better than only 25% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bird Land, San Diego
A household needs to earn about $196,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bird Land, San Diego home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $116,780, 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 Bird Land, San Diego's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Bird Land, San Diego
Bird Land, San Diego runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bird Land, San Diego.
Who works in Bird Land, San Diego, and how
Work in Bird Land, San Diego centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bird Land, San Diego
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bird Land, San Diego, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bird Land, San Diego, month by month
Bird Land, San Diego sees roughly 289 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 45. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 45° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 53° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 65° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Bird Land, San Diego
San Diego International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.7 million passengers in 2025, with 121 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bird Land, San Diego
Schools across Bird Land, San Diego average a B−, better than 59% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- Montgomery MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bird Land, San Diego school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bird Land, San Diego 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 Bird Land, San Diego against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Bird Land, San Diego
Is Bird Land, San Diego a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bird Land, San Diego ranks 2,525th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, low property taxes, and high incomes, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bird Land, San Diego expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $783,319. The overall cost of living runs about 38% above the national average. Set against a $116,780 median income, cost of living beats 52% of neighborhoods.
Is Bird Land, San Diego safe?
Bird Land, San Diego is safer than 50% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $483 per resident a year.
Compare Bird Land, San Diego with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bird Land, San Diego. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bird Land, San Diego 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.
Bird Land, San Diego detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bird Land, San Diego: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bird Land, San Diego: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bird Land, San Diego: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bird Land, San Diego: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bird Land, San Diego 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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