Best PlacesJunior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa, 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.
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa ranks 1,950th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa
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.
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% 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 Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa
A household needs to earn about $210,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,739, 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 Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa 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 Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa.
Who works in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa, and how
Work in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 86% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 31 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa, month by month
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 72° | 56° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 65° | 51° |
| October | 81° | 60° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa
The nearest airport, Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Francisco Bay Oakland International, about 57 miles away.
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa 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 Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa
Is Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa ranks 1,950th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, clean air, and biking, and lowest on cell coverage and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $815,977. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $86,739 median income, cost of living beats 39% of neighborhoods.
Is Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa safe?
Yes, Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa is safer than 71% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa 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.
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Junior College Neighborhood Assc., Santa Rosa 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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