Best PlacesLongwood-Winton Grove, Hayward, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward, 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.
Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward ranks 2,568th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward
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.
Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward's strengths and weaknesses
Where Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 251 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward
A household needs to earn about $186,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $111,704, 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 Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward
Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward 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 Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward.
Who works in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward, and how
Work in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward, month by month
Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward sees roughly 251 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 52° | 46° |
| April | 67° | 58° | 51° |
| July | 75° | 65° | 58° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 7 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward 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 Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward
Is Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward ranks 2,568th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $719,723. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $111,704 median income, cost of living beats 51% of neighborhoods.
Is Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward safe?
Yes, Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward is safer than 56% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
Compare Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward 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.
Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward 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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