Best PlacesOld City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland, 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.
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland ranks 2,428th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, 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.
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 224 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland
A household needs to earn about $192,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $132,759, 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 Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, 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 Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland.
Who works in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland, and how
Work in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 26%
- Work from home 39%
- Transit, walk, or bike 35%
Life in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 15 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland, month by month
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland sees roughly 224 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 Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, 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 Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland
Is Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland ranks 2,428th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and biking, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $702,794. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $132,759 median income, cost of living beats 85% of neighborhoods.
Is Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland safe?
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland is safer than 3% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,316 per resident a year.
Compare Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, 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.
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Old City-Produce and Waterfront, Oakland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Old City-Produce and Waterfront, 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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