Best PlacesHopland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hopland, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hopland ranks 48,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hopland
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.
Hopland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hopland ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 77% of towns
Where Hopland ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hopland
A household needs to earn about $174,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hopland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,146, 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 Hopland's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Hopland
Hopland 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 Hopland.
Who works in Hopland, and how
Work in Hopland centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Hopland
Hopland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hopland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hopland, month by month
Hopland sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 74° | 57° | 42° |
| July | 98° | 76° | 56° |
| October | 82° | 61° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Hopland
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hopland
Schools across Hopland average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kelseyville ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Lakeport ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pomolita MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Terrace MiddleD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Cloverdale HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Clear Lake HighC− · 27% proficient
- Ukiah HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hopland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hopland 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 Hopland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hopland
Is Hopland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hopland ranks 48,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hopland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $682,951. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $80,146 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Hopland safe?
Hopland is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $958 per resident a year.
Compare Hopland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hopland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hopland 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.
Hopland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hopland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hopland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hopland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hopland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hopland 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.