Best PlacesOriginal Daly City, Daly City, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Original Daly City, Daly City, 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.
Original Daly City, Daly City ranks 2,369th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Original Daly City, Daly City
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.
Original Daly City, Daly City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Original Daly City, Daly City ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 224 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Original Daly City, Daly City ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Short commute31.5 minutes each way, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Original Daly City, Daly City
A household needs to earn about $281,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Original Daly City, Daly City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,998, 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 Original Daly City, Daly City's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Original Daly City, Daly City
Original Daly City, Daly City runs older 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 Original Daly City, Daly City.
Who works in Original Daly City, Daly City, and how
Work in Original Daly City, Daly City centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Original Daly City, Daly City
Original Daly City, Daly City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 75% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 3 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Original Daly City, Daly City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Original Daly City, Daly City, month by month
Original Daly City, Daly City sees roughly 224 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 Original Daly City, Daly City
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.
The best schools in and around Original Daly City, Daly City
Schools across Original Daly City, Daly City average a C, better than 45% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Westlake ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Margaret Pauline Brown ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fernando Rivera IntermediateC+ · 38% proficient
- Benjamin Franklin IntermediateC− · 29% proficient
- Thomas R. Pollicita MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Westmoor HighA− · 65% proficient
- Jefferson HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Original Daly City, Daly City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Original Daly City, Daly City 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 Original Daly City, Daly City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Original Daly City, Daly City
Is Original Daly City, Daly City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Original Daly City, Daly City ranks 2,369th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Original Daly City, Daly City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,103,409. The overall cost of living runs about 38% above the national average. Set against a $106,998 median income, cost of living beats 45% of neighborhoods.
Is Original Daly City, Daly City safe?
Original Daly City, Daly City is safer than 47% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $501 per resident a year.
Compare Original Daly City, Daly City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Original Daly City, Daly City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Original Daly City, Daly City 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.
Original Daly City, Daly City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Original Daly City, Daly City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Original Daly City, Daly City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Original Daly City, Daly City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Original Daly City, Daly City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Original Daly City, Daly City 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.
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