Best PlacesMosswood, Oakland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mosswood, Oakland, 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.
Mosswood, Oakland ranks 3,300th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mosswood, Oakland
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.
Mosswood, Oakland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mosswood, Oakland ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 223 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Mosswood, Oakland ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mosswood, Oakland
A household needs to earn about $234,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mosswood, Oakland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,703, 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 Mosswood, Oakland's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Mosswood, Oakland
Mosswood, Oakland runs younger 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 Mosswood, Oakland.
Who works in Mosswood, Oakland, and how
Work in Mosswood, Oakland centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 37%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 34%
Life in Mosswood, Oakland
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mosswood, Oakland, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mosswood, Oakland, month by month
Mosswood, Oakland sees roughly 223 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 63° | 56° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Mosswood, Oakland
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Mosswood, Oakland 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 Mosswood, Oakland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mosswood, Oakland
Is Mosswood, Oakland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mosswood, Oakland ranks 3,300th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, population health, and transit, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mosswood, Oakland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $874,947. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $88,703 median income, cost of living beats 42% of neighborhoods.
Is Mosswood, Oakland safe?
Mosswood, Oakland is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $869 per resident a year.
Compare Mosswood, Oakland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mosswood, Oakland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mosswood, Oakland 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.
Mosswood, Oakland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mosswood, Oakland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mosswood, Oakland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mosswood, Oakland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mosswood, Oakland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mosswood, Oakland 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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