Best PlacesGarden-Villa Montery, San Jose, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose, 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.
Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose ranks 2,304th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose
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.
Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 228 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$2,106 a month, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,829, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose
Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose 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 Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose.
Who works in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose, and how
Work in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose
The coast is about 32 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose, month by month
Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose sees roughly 228 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 54° | 44° |
| April | 71° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 60° |
| October | 78° | 68° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 6 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 Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose
Schools across Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose average a B+, better than 84% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Evergreen Valley HighA · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose 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 Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose
Is Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose ranks 2,304th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and biking, and lowest on civic engagement and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,971. The overall cost of living runs about 48% above the national average. Set against a $109,829 median income, cost of living beats 36% of neighborhoods.
Is Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose safe?
Yes, Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose is safer than 75% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose 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.
Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garden-Villa Montery, San Jose 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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