Best PlacesGlen Park, San Francisco, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Park, San Francisco, 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.
Glen Park, San Francisco ranks 185th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Park, San Francisco
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.
Glen Park, San Francisco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Park, San Francisco ranks high
- Household income$196,329 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Glen Park, San Francisco ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,439 a month, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute31.0 minutes each way, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Park, San Francisco
A household needs to earn about $453,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Park, San Francisco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $196,329, 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 Glen Park, San Francisco's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Glen Park, San Francisco
Glen Park, San Francisco's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glen Park, San Francisco.
Who works in Glen Park, San Francisco, and how
Work in Glen Park, San Francisco centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 37%
- Work from home 42%
- Transit, walk, or bike 22%
Life in Glen Park, San Francisco
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Glen Park, San Francisco, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glen Park, San Francisco, month by month
Glen Park, San Francisco sees roughly 224 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 53° | 46° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 56° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Glen Park, San Francisco
San Francisco International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
Glen Park, San Francisco 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 Glen Park, San Francisco against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Glen Park, San Francisco
Is Glen Park, San Francisco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Park, San Francisco ranks 185th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on high incomes, transit, and biking, 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 Glen Park, San Francisco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,747,541. The overall cost of living runs about 55% above the national average. Set against a $196,329 median income, cost of living beats 92% of neighborhoods.
Is Glen Park, San Francisco safe?
Glen Park, San Francisco is safer than 30% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $624 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Park, San Francisco with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Park, San Francisco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Park, San Francisco 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.
Glen Park, San Francisco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Park, San Francisco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Park, San Francisco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Park, San Francisco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Park, San Francisco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Park, San Francisco 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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