Best PlacesCarquinez Heights, Vallejo, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carquinez Heights, Vallejo, 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.
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo ranks 4,539th 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 Carquinez Heights, Vallejo
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.
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carquinez Heights, Vallejo ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 165 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 61% of neighborhoods
Where Carquinez Heights, Vallejo ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Short commute31.1 minutes each way, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carquinez Heights, Vallejo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $89,764; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Carquinez Heights, Vallejo's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Carquinez Heights, Vallejo.
Who works in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo, and how
Work in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo
The coast is about 29 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Carquinez Heights, Vallejo, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo, month by month
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo sees roughly 165 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 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° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 42° |
| July | 81° | 65° | 53° |
| October | 79° | 61° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Carquinez Heights, Vallejo
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 25 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 Carquinez Heights, Vallejo
Schools across Carquinez Heights, Vallejo average a D, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Jesse M. Bethel HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Vallejo HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carquinez Heights, Vallejo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo 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 Carquinez Heights, Vallejo against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo
Is Carquinez Heights, Vallejo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carquinez Heights, Vallejo ranks 4,539th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, fast internet, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carquinez Heights, Vallejo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $360,924. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $89,764 median income, cost of living beats 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Carquinez Heights, Vallejo safe?
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo is safer than 33% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $596 per resident a year.
Compare Carquinez Heights, Vallejo with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carquinez Heights, Vallejo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo 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.
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carquinez Heights, Vallejo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carquinez Heights, Vallejo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carquinez Heights, Vallejo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carquinez Heights, Vallejo 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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