Best PlacesForest Springs, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forest Springs, 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.
Forest Springs ranks 10,973rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Forest Springs
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.
Forest Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Forest Springs ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 200 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$133,142 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Forest Springs ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,701 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Forest Springs
A household needs to earn about $214,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forest Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $133,142, 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 Forest Springs' effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Forest Springs
Forest Springs's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Forest Springs.
Who works in Forest Springs, and how
Work in Forest Springs centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Forest Springs
The coast is about 24 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Forest Springs, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Forest Springs, month by month
Forest Springs sees roughly 200 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 51° | 44° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Forest Springs
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Forest Springs
Schools across Forest Springs average a B, better than 62% of towns.
Top high schools
- San Lorenzo Valley HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forest Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forest Springs 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 Forest Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Forest Springs
Is Forest Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forest Springs ranks 10,973rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, biking, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Forest Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $845,686. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $133,142 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Forest Springs safe?
Forest Springs is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $568 per resident a year.
Compare Forest Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forest Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forest Springs 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.
Forest Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forest Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forest Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forest Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forest Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forest Springs 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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