Best PlacesOcean View, San Francisco, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ocean View, San Francisco, 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.
Ocean View, San Francisco ranks 1,200th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ocean View, San Francisco
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.
Ocean View, San Francisco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ocean View, San Francisco ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Household income$150,187 median, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 223 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Ocean View, San Francisco ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,439 a month, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Short commute30.8 minutes each way, better than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Ocean View, San Francisco
A household needs to earn about $308,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ocean View, San Francisco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $150,187, 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 Ocean View, San Francisco's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Ocean View, San Francisco
Ocean View, San Francisco'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 Ocean View, San Francisco.
Who works in Ocean View, San Francisco, and how
Work in Ocean View, San Francisco centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Ocean View, San Francisco
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ocean View, San Francisco, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ocean View, San Francisco, month by month
Ocean View, San Francisco sees roughly 223 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 53° | 46° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 56° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Ocean View, San Francisco
San Francisco International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
Ocean View, San Francisco 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 Ocean View, San Francisco against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Ocean View, San Francisco suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 71% of neighborhoods, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 24% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ocean View, San Francisco
Is Ocean View, San Francisco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ocean View, San Francisco ranks 1,200th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ocean View, San Francisco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,186,938. The overall cost of living runs about 48% above the national average. Set against a $150,187 median income, cost of living beats 71% of neighborhoods.
Is Ocean View, San Francisco safe?
Ocean View, San Francisco is safer than 34% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $593 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ocean View, San Francisco?
July highs average about 74 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 46. That works out to about 223 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of neighborhoods.
Is Ocean View, San Francisco good for families?
Schools beat 61% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $2,439 a month.
Compare Ocean View, San Francisco with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ocean View, San Francisco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ocean View, San Francisco 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.
Ocean View, San Francisco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ocean View, San Francisco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ocean View, San Francisco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ocean View, San Francisco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ocean View, San Francisco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ocean View, San Francisco 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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