Best PlacesMoss Landing, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moss Landing, 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.
Moss Landing ranks 28,972nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Moss Landing
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.
Moss Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moss Landing ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 210 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
Where Moss Landing ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,371 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moss Landing
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moss Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,956, 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 Moss Landing'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 Moss Landing
Moss Landing's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Moss Landing.
Who works in Moss Landing, and how
Work in Moss Landing centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Moss Landing
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Moss Landing, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Moss Landing, month by month
Moss Landing sees roughly 210 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 73 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 73° | 60° | 53° |
| October | 77° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Moss Landing
The nearest airport, Monterey Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moss Landing
Schools across Moss Landing average a C+, better than 55% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Rolling Hills MiddleF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moss Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moss Landing 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 Moss Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moss Landing
Is Moss Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moss Landing ranks 28,972nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moss Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $701,026. The overall cost of living runs about 42% above the national average. Set against a $94,956 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Moss Landing safe?
Moss Landing is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $433 per resident a year.
Compare Moss Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moss Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moss Landing 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.
Moss Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moss Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moss Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moss Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moss Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moss Landing 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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