Best PlacesParadise Park, Emeryville, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Paradise Park, Emeryville, 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.
Paradise Park, Emeryville ranks 1,204th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Paradise Park, Emeryville
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.
Paradise Park, Emeryville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Paradise Park, Emeryville ranks high
- BikingBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 223 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Paradise Park, Emeryville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,082 a month, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Paradise Park, Emeryville
A household needs to earn about $290,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Paradise Park, Emeryville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $125,286, 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 Paradise Park, Emeryville's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Paradise Park, Emeryville
Paradise Park, Emeryville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Paradise Park, Emeryville.
Who works in Paradise Park, Emeryville, and how
Work in Paradise Park, Emeryville centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 49%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Paradise Park, Emeryville
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Paradise Park, Emeryville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Paradise Park, Emeryville, month by month
Paradise Park, Emeryville sees roughly 223 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 Paradise Park, Emeryville
San Francisco Bay Oakland International sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.5 million passengers in 2025, with 64 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Paradise Park, Emeryville
Schools across Paradise Park, Emeryville average a B−, better than 65% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Yu Ming CharterA+ · 89% proficient
Top high schools
- Berkeley HighA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Paradise Park, Emeryville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Paradise Park, Emeryville 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 Paradise Park, Emeryville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Paradise Park, Emeryville
Is Paradise Park, Emeryville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Paradise Park, Emeryville ranks 1,204th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Paradise Park, Emeryville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,134,422. The overall cost of living runs about 34% above the national average. Set against a $125,286 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Paradise Park, Emeryville safe?
Paradise Park, Emeryville is safer than 16% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $781 per resident a year.
Compare Paradise Park, Emeryville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Paradise Park, Emeryville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Paradise Park, Emeryville 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.
Paradise Park, Emeryville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Paradise Park, Emeryville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Paradise Park, Emeryville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Paradise Park, Emeryville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Paradise Park, Emeryville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Paradise Park, Emeryville 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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