Best PlacesDurant Manor, Oakland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Durant Manor, Oakland, 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.
Durant Manor, Oakland ranks 2,507th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Durant Manor, Oakland
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.
Durant Manor, Oakland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Durant Manor, Oakland ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 224 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Durant Manor, Oakland ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Short commute29.9 minutes each way, better than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Durant Manor, Oakland
A household needs to earn about $193,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Durant Manor, Oakland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,319, 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 Durant Manor, Oakland'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 Durant Manor, Oakland
Durant Manor, Oakland runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Durant Manor, Oakland.
Who works in Durant Manor, Oakland, and how
Work in Durant Manor, Oakland centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Durant Manor, Oakland
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Durant Manor, Oakland, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Durant Manor, Oakland, month by month
Durant Manor, Oakland sees roughly 224 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 63° | 56° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Durant Manor, Oakland
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Durant Manor, Oakland 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 Durant Manor, Oakland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Durant Manor, Oakland
Is Durant Manor, Oakland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Durant Manor, Oakland ranks 2,507th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Durant Manor, Oakland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $728,257. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $100,319 median income, cost of living beats 49% of neighborhoods.
Is Durant Manor, Oakland safe?
Durant Manor, Oakland is safer than 45% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $519 per resident a year.
Compare Durant Manor, Oakland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Durant Manor, Oakland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Durant Manor, Oakland 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.
Durant Manor, Oakland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Durant Manor, Oakland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Durant Manor, Oakland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Durant Manor, Oakland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Durant Manor, Oakland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Durant Manor, Oakland 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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