Best PlacesDel Prado, Pleasanton, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Del Prado, Pleasanton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Del Prado, Pleasanton ranks 430th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Del Prado, Pleasanton
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.
Del Prado, Pleasanton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Del Prado, Pleasanton ranks high
- Household income$224,897 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Del Prado, Pleasanton ranks low
- Short commute36.5 minutes each way, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Del Prado, Pleasanton
A household needs to earn about $425,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Del Prado, Pleasanton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $224,897, 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 Del Prado, Pleasanton's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Del Prado, Pleasanton
Del Prado, Pleasanton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Del Prado, Pleasanton.
Who works in Del Prado, Pleasanton, and how
Work in Del Prado, Pleasanton centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Del Prado, Pleasanton
The coast is about 39 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Del Prado, Pleasanton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Del Prado, Pleasanton, month by month
Del Prado, Pleasanton sees roughly 168 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 73° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 92° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 82° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Del Prado, Pleasanton
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Del Prado, Pleasanton 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 Del Prado, Pleasanton against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Del Prado, Pleasanton
Is Del Prado, Pleasanton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Del Prado, Pleasanton ranks 430th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on high incomes, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on long commutes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Del Prado, Pleasanton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,659,436. The overall cost of living runs about 52% above the national average. Set against a $224,897 median income, cost of living beats 95% of neighborhoods.
Is Del Prado, Pleasanton safe?
Yes, Del Prado, Pleasanton is safer than 95% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Del Prado, Pleasanton with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Del Prado, Pleasanton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Del Prado, Pleasanton 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.
Del Prado, Pleasanton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Del Prado, Pleasanton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Del Prado, Pleasanton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Del Prado, Pleasanton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Del Prado, Pleasanton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Del Prado, Pleasanton 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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