Best PlacesCambridge Park, Concord, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cambridge Park, Concord, 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.
Cambridge Park, Concord ranks 4,403rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cambridge Park, Concord
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.
Cambridge Park, Concord's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cambridge Park, Concord ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 179 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Cambridge Park, Concord ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,942 a month, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cambridge Park, Concord
A household needs to earn about $139,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cambridge Park, Concord home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,263, 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 Cambridge Park, Concord's effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cambridge Park, Concord
Cambridge Park, Concord 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 Cambridge Park, Concord.
Who works in Cambridge Park, Concord, and how
Work in Cambridge Park, Concord centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Cambridge Park, Concord
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cambridge Park, Concord, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cambridge Park, Concord, month by month
Cambridge Park, Concord sees roughly 179 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 51° | 41° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 72° | 58° |
| October | 82° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Cambridge Park, Concord
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 19 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 Cambridge Park, Concord
Schools across Cambridge Park, Concord average a D−, better than 8% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hidden Valley ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Gregory Gardens ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Fair Oaks ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Hill MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Valley View MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Oak Grove MiddleF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- College Park HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Ygnacio Valley HighD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cambridge Park, Concord school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cambridge Park, Concord 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 Cambridge Park, Concord against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cambridge Park, Concord
Is Cambridge Park, Concord a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cambridge Park, Concord ranks 4,403rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cambridge Park, Concord expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $540,607. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $86,263 median income, cost of living beats 35% of neighborhoods.
Is Cambridge Park, Concord safe?
Cambridge Park, Concord is safer than 46% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $503 per resident a year.
Compare Cambridge Park, Concord with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cambridge Park, Concord. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cambridge Park, Concord 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.
Cambridge Park, Concord detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cambridge Park, Concord: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cambridge Park, Concord: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cambridge Park, Concord: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cambridge Park, Concord: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cambridge Park, Concord 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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