Best PlacesBirds Landing, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Birds Landing, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Birds Landing ranks 34,521st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Birds Landing
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.
Birds Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Birds Landing ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of towns
Where Birds Landing ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,462 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Birds Landing
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Birds Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,115, 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 Birds Landing's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Birds Landing
Birds Landing runs younger than the country, 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 Birds Landing.
Who works in Birds Landing, and how
Work in Birds Landing centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Birds Landing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Birds Landing.
What the weather is like in Birds Landing, month by month
Birds Landing sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 75° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 93° | 72° | 57° |
| October | 83° | 64° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Birds Landing
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 36 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Birds Landing
Schools across Birds Landing average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Riverview MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Armijo HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Birds Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Birds Landing 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 Birds Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Birds Landing
Is Birds Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Birds Landing ranks 34,521st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, quiet, and big-city access, and lowest on civic engagement and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Birds Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $477,900. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $94,115 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Birds Landing safe?
Birds Landing is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $608 per resident a year.
Compare Birds Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Birds Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Birds Landing 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.
Birds Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Birds Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Birds Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Birds Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Birds Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Birds Landing 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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