Best PlacesOlympic Valley, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Olympic Valley, 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.
Olympic Valley ranks 5,054th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Olympic Valley
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.
Olympic Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Olympic Valley ranks high
- Household income$182,013 median, better than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Olympic Valley ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,572 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Olympic Valley
A household needs to earn about $408,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Olympic Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $182,013, 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 Olympic Valley's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Olympic Valley
Olympic Valley runs older 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 Olympic Valley.
Who works in Olympic Valley, and how
Work in Olympic Valley centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Olympic Valley
Olympic Valley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Olympic Valley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Olympic Valley, month by month
Olympic Valley sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 28° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 40° | 24° |
| July | 85° | 63° | 41° |
| October | 65° | 43° | 25° |
Flying in and out of Olympic Valley
The nearest airport, Reno/Tahoe International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Olympic Valley
Schools across Olympic Valley average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Creekside CharterA+ · 82% proficient
- Tahoe Lake ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Foresthill DivideC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Tahoe MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Alder Creek MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- North Tahoe HighA− · 62% proficient
- Tahoe Truckee HighA− · 60% proficient
- Foresthill HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Olympic Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Olympic Valley 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 Olympic Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Olympic Valley
Is Olympic Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Olympic Valley ranks 5,054th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, heat safety, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Olympic Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,610,114. The overall cost of living runs about 61% above the national average. Set against a $182,013 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Olympic Valley safe?
Olympic Valley is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Olympic Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Olympic Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Olympic Valley 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.
Olympic Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Olympic Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Olympic Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Olympic Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Olympic Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Olympic Valley 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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