Best PlacesLoma Mar, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loma Mar, 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.
Loma Mar ranks 15,501st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Loma Mar
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.
Loma Mar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loma Mar ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 231 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Household income$160,417 median, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
Where Loma Mar ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loma Mar
A household needs to earn about $295,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loma Mar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $160,417, 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 Loma Mar's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Loma Mar
Loma Mar 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 Loma Mar.
Who works in Loma Mar, and how
Work in Loma Mar centers on education and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Loma Mar
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Loma Mar, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Loma Mar, month by month
Loma Mar sees roughly 231 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 51° | 44° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Loma Mar
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 22 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 Loma Mar
Schools across Loma Mar average a B, better than 74% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Corte MaderaA+ · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loma Mar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loma Mar 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 Loma Mar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loma Mar
Is Loma Mar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loma Mar ranks 15,501st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, high incomes, and quiet, and lowest on childcare costs and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loma Mar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,161,000. The overall cost of living runs about 57% above the national average. Set against a $160,417 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Loma Mar safe?
Loma Mar is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $652 per resident a year.
Compare Loma Mar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loma Mar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loma Mar 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.
Loma Mar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loma Mar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loma Mar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loma Mar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loma Mar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loma Mar 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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