Best PlacesDel Rey Oaks, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Del Rey Oaks, 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.
Del Rey Oaks ranks 9,072nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Del Rey Oaks
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 Rey Oaks' strengths and weaknesses
Where Del Rey Oaks ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 222 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$125,870 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Del Rey Oaks ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,371 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Del Rey Oaks
A household needs to earn about $211,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Del Rey Oaks home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $125,870, 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 Rey Oaks' effective rate of 0.65%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Del Rey Oaks
Del Rey Oaks runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Del Rey Oaks.
Who works in Del Rey Oaks, and how
Work in Del Rey Oaks centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Del Rey Oaks
Del Rey Oaks has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Del Rey Oaks and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Del Rey Oaks, month by month
Del Rey Oaks sees roughly 222 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 69 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 65° | 56° | 48° |
| July | 69° | 60° | 54° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Del Rey Oaks
The nearest airport, Monterey Regional, is about 0 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 53 miles away.
Del Rey Oaks 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 Rey Oaks against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Del Rey Oaks
Is Del Rey Oaks a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Del Rey Oaks ranks 9,072nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, transit, and clean air, and lowest on noise and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Del Rey Oaks expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $825,955. The overall cost of living runs about 45% above the national average. Set against a $125,870 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Del Rey Oaks safe?
Del Rey Oaks is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Del Rey Oaks with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Del Rey Oaks. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Del Rey Oaks 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 Rey Oaks detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Del Rey Oaks: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Del Rey Oaks: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Del Rey Oaks: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Del Rey Oaks: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Del Rey Oaks 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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