Best PlacesElmhurst Park, Oakland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elmhurst Park, 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.
Elmhurst Park, Oakland ranks 4,467th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Elmhurst Park, 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.
Elmhurst Park, Oakland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elmhurst Park, Oakland ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 224 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Elmhurst Park, Oakland ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Elmhurst Park, Oakland
A household needs to earn about $185,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elmhurst Park, Oakland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,128, 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 Elmhurst Park, Oakland's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Elmhurst Park, Oakland
Elmhurst Park, Oakland 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 Elmhurst Park, Oakland.
Who works in Elmhurst Park, Oakland, and how
Work in Elmhurst Park, Oakland centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Elmhurst Park, Oakland
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Elmhurst Park, Oakland, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Elmhurst Park, Oakland, month by month
Elmhurst Park, 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 Elmhurst Park, Oakland
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Elmhurst Park, 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 Elmhurst Park, Oakland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Elmhurst Park, Oakland
Is Elmhurst Park, Oakland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elmhurst Park, Oakland ranks 4,467th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on few empty homes, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Elmhurst Park, Oakland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $674,849. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $82,128 median income, cost of living beats 26% of neighborhoods.
Is Elmhurst Park, Oakland safe?
Elmhurst Park, Oakland is safer than 36% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $582 per resident a year.
Compare Elmhurst Park, Oakland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elmhurst Park, Oakland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elmhurst Park, 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.
Elmhurst Park, Oakland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elmhurst Park, Oakland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elmhurst Park, Oakland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elmhurst Park, Oakland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elmhurst Park, Oakland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elmhurst Park, 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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