Best PlacesJenner, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jenner, 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.
Jenner ranks 29,743rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Jenner
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.
Jenner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jenner ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
Where Jenner ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute41.2 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jenner
A household needs to earn about $257,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jenner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,010, 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 Jenner's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Jenner
Jenner runs older than the country, 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 Jenner.
Who works in Jenner, and how
Work in Jenner centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Jenner
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Jenner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jenner, month by month
Jenner sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 63 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs July through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 51° | 46° |
| April | 57° | 51° | 47° |
| July | 63° | 55° | 51° |
| October | 63° | 55° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Jenner
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Francisco International, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jenner
Schools across Jenner average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monte Rio ElementaryC · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Analy HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Healdsburg HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Tomales HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jenner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jenner 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 Jenner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jenner
Is Jenner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jenner ranks 29,743rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, clean air, and an educated workforce, and lowest on cell coverage and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jenner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,015,737. The overall cost of living runs about 47% above the national average. Set against a $100,010 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Jenner safe?
Jenner is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $517 per resident a year.
Compare Jenner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jenner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jenner 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.
Jenner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jenner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jenner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jenner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jenner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jenner 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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