Best PlacesBurlingame Gate, Burlingame, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burlingame Gate, Burlingame, 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.
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame ranks 747th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Burlingame Gate, Burlingame
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.
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burlingame Gate, Burlingame ranks high
- Household income$169,252 median, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 234 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Burlingame Gate, Burlingame ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame
A household needs to earn about $509,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burlingame Gate, Burlingame home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $169,252, 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 Burlingame Gate, Burlingame's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Burlingame Gate, Burlingame
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame'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 Burlingame Gate, Burlingame.
Who works in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame, and how
Work in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame centers on professional & technical and information. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Burlingame Gate, Burlingame and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame, month by month
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame sees roughly 234 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 53° | 46° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 56° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Burlingame Gate, Burlingame
San Francisco International sits about 2 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 Burlingame Gate, Burlingame
Schools across Burlingame Gate, Burlingame average an A, better than 94% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Roosevelt ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burlingame IntermediateA · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burlingame Gate, Burlingame school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame 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 Burlingame Gate, Burlingame against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame
Is Burlingame Gate, Burlingame a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burlingame Gate, Burlingame ranks 747th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on high incomes, good schools, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burlingame Gate, Burlingame expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $2,000,001. The overall cost of living runs about 85% above the national average. Set against a $169,252 median income, cost of living beats 68% of neighborhoods.
Is Burlingame Gate, Burlingame safe?
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame is safer than 35% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $819 per resident a year.
Compare Burlingame Gate, Burlingame with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burlingame Gate, Burlingame. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame 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.
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burlingame Gate, Burlingame: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burlingame Gate, Burlingame: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burlingame Gate, Burlingame: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burlingame Gate, Burlingame 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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