Best PlacesOak Park, San Diego, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Park, San Diego, 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.
Oak Park, San Diego ranks 3,174th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Park, San Diego
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.
Oak Park, San Diego's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Park, San Diego ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 321 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Oak Park, San Diego ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Park, San Diego
A household needs to earn about $157,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Park, San Diego home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,916, 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 Oak Park, San Diego's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Oak Park, San Diego
Oak Park, San Diego 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 Oak Park, San Diego.
Who works in Oak Park, San Diego, and how
Work in Oak Park, San Diego centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Oak Park, San Diego
Oak Park, San Diego has more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Oak Park, San Diego and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oak Park, San Diego, month by month
Oak Park, San Diego sees roughly 321 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 71° | 63° | 56° |
| July | 77° | 70° | 66° |
| October | 78° | 68° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Oak Park, San Diego
San Diego International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.7 million passengers in 2025, with 121 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Oak Park, San Diego
Schools across Oak Park, San Diego average a C, better than 40% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Mount Miguel HighC · 32% proficient
- Crawford HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Park, San Diego school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Park, San Diego 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 Oak Park, San Diego against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Oak Park, San Diego
Is Oak Park, San Diego a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Park, San Diego ranks 3,174th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, few empty homes, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Park, San Diego expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $612,967. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $93,916 median income, cost of living beats 33% of neighborhoods.
Is Oak Park, San Diego safe?
Oak Park, San Diego is safer than 43% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Park, San Diego with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Park, San Diego. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Park, San Diego 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.
Oak Park, San Diego detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Park, San Diego: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Park, San Diego: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Park, San Diego: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Park, San Diego: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Park, San Diego 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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