Best PlacesBrookfield Village, Oakland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brookfield Village, Oakland, 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.
Brookfield Village, Oakland ranks 4,812th 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 Brookfield Village, Oakland
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.
Brookfield Village, Oakland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brookfield Village, Oakland ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 224 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Brookfield Village, Oakland ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Brookfield Village, Oakland
A household needs to earn about $153,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brookfield Village, Oakland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,004, 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 Brookfield Village, Oakland's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 Brookfield Village, Oakland
Brookfield Village, Oakland 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 Brookfield Village, Oakland.
Who works in Brookfield Village, Oakland, and how
Work in Brookfield Village, Oakland centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Brookfield Village, Oakland
The coast is about 21 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Brookfield Village, Oakland, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brookfield Village, Oakland, month by month
Brookfield Village, Oakland sees roughly 224 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 63° | 56° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Brookfield Village, Oakland
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 2 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Brookfield Village, Oakland 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 Brookfield Village, Oakland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Brookfield Village, Oakland
Is Brookfield Village, Oakland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brookfield Village, Oakland ranks 4,812th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and clean air, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brookfield Village, Oakland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $573,206. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $84,004 median income, cost of living beats 28% of neighborhoods.
Is Brookfield Village, Oakland safe?
Brookfield Village, Oakland is safer than 39% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $560 per resident a year.
Compare Brookfield Village, Oakland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brookfield Village, Oakland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brookfield Village, Oakland 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.
Brookfield Village, Oakland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brookfield Village, Oakland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brookfield Village, Oakland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brookfield Village, Oakland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brookfield Village, Oakland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brookfield Village, Oakland 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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