Best PlacesDublin, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dublin, 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.
Dublin ranks 220th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dublin
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.
Dublin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dublin ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of cities
- Household income$200,203 median, better than 99% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of cities
- BikingBetter than 93% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of cities
Where Dublin ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,081 a month, better than only 2% of cities
- Short commute35.7 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 9% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Dublin
A household needs to earn about $348,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dublin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $200,203, 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 Dublin's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Dublin
Dublin 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 Dublin.
Who works in Dublin, and how
Work in Dublin 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 56%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Dublin
Dublin has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 38 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Dublin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dublin, month by month
Dublin sees roughly 167 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 Dublin
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.
The best schools in and around Dublin
Schools across Dublin average an A, better than 84% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Altamont Creek ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Palomares ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Mendenhall MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- California HighA+ · 90% proficient
- Monte Vista HighA · 75% proficient
- Livermore HighA · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dublin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dublin 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 Dublin against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Dublin suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 93% of cities and 34% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Dublin
Is Dublin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dublin ranks 220th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on population health, high incomes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dublin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,314,869. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $200,203 median income, cost of living beats 93% of cities.
Is Dublin safe?
Yes, Dublin is safer than 70% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $275 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dublin?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 38. That works out to about 167 pleasant days a year, more than 87% of cities.
Is Dublin good for families?
Schools beat 84% of cities, crime safety beats 70%, and childcare runs $2,081 a month.
Compare Dublin with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dublin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dublin 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.
Dublin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dublin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dublin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dublin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dublin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dublin 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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