Best PlacesMountain House, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mountain House, 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.
Mountain House ranks 1,901st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mountain House
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.
Mountain House's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mountain House ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$181,059 median, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 172 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Mountain House ranks low
- Short commute49.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,299 a month, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mountain House
A household needs to earn about $264,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mountain House home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $181,059, 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 Mountain House's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Mountain House
Mountain House 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 Mountain House.
Who works in Mountain House, and how
Work in Mountain House centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mountain House
Mountain House has more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Mountain House and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mountain House, month by month
Mountain House sees roughly 172 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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° | 49° | 38° |
| April | 73° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 92° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 82° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Mountain House
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mountain House
Schools across Mountain House average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hansen ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Julius Cordes ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Sebastian Questa ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain House HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mountain House school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mountain House 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 Mountain House against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Mountain House suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Mountain House
Is Mountain House a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mountain House ranks 1,901st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, high incomes, and the weather, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mountain House expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $978,433. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $181,059 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Mountain House safe?
Mountain House is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mountain House?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 38. That works out to about 172 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of towns.
Is Mountain House good for families?
Schools beat 79% of towns, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $1,299 a month.
Compare Mountain House with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mountain House. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mountain House 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.
Mountain House detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mountain House: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mountain House: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mountain House: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mountain House: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mountain House 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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